State of Western Australia
The Department of Indigenous Affairs (DIA) was formed in July 2001, continuing the Aboriginal Affairs Department. In its overview of the department, the State Records Office listed one of the core functions of the DIA as providing an 'information service to assist Indigenous people gain access to family history information.' On May 17 2013, the department's name was changed to the Department for Aboriginal Affairs.
1887 - 1890 Aborigines Protection Board
1890 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
1972 - 1994 Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority
1994 - 2001 Aboriginal Affairs Department
2001 - 2013 Department of Indigenous Affairs
2013 - 2017 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Government Gazette Western Australia No. 76', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 14 May 2013, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg2013_076.pdf/$FILE/Gg2013_076.pdf; 'AU WA A1202 - Department of Indigenous Affairs', in State Records Office of Western Australia - Organisations & People, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2015, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/department-of-indigenous-affairs-au-wa-a1202; Department of Aboriginal Affairs, State of Western Australia, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, http://www.daa.wa.gov.au.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 15 June 2011, Last modified: 21 August 2013
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE00374b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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