The aim of the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle is to ensure that Aboriginal children in 'care' are placed with Aboriginal families and raised in a culturally appropriate environment. From the late 1970s, the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle gradually became part of state child welfare and adoption legislation as well as departmental and organisational policy.
Sources used to compile this entry: Research Report 7 (1997) - The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle, Law Reform Commission New South Wales, 1997.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 12 February 2009, Last modified: 7 November 2017
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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