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Legislation Protection of Aboriginals and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Amendment Act 1934

State of Queensland

From
1934
To
1934
Categories
Legislation

Summary

Please note that this page reproduces the original language used in the historical sources drawn upon to compile this entry. This language includes offensive and derogatory terms which are today considered unacceptable. We apologise for any offence caused by such language.

The Protection of Aboriginals and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Amendment Act 1934 extended the provisions of the 1897 Act and increased the powers of the Chief Protector. Every Aboriginal and 'half-caste' child who lived in an institution registered under the State Children Act 1911 came under the control and supervision of the Protector. The Minister had the power to place any Aboriginal or 'half-caste' in any reserve, institution or district and keep them there, or remove them from any such place to another and keep them there. Similarly if the Minister deemed such persons to be uncontrollable, he had the power to place them in an institution.

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 1897 Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897
       1934 Protection of Aboriginals and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Amendment Act 1934

Publications

Statutes

  • Protection of Aboriginals and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Amendment Act 1934 (Qld), 1934. Details

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: To Remove and Protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, Queensland Legislation, 2009, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/qld/legislation.html.

Prepared by: Rosemary Francis

Created: 18 May 2011, Last modified: 2 November 2011