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Author

State Records Office of Western Australia, of Western Australia

Title

An Index to the Chief Protector of Aborigines Files, 1898 -1908

Imprint

1998

Url

http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-records/index-chief-protector-aborigines-files-1898-1908

Description

At the time this Index was created in 1998, the agency known as the Public Records Office of Western Australia (now the State Records Office) listed a broad range of files 'relating to the welfare' of Aboriginal people and the general administration of the Aborigines Act 1897 (and later 1905).

Abstract

Subjects in this index include the admission of Aboriginal children to missions, the distribution of government rations to the old and infirm, and criminal investigations and court cases concerning Aboriginal people.

Related Entries

Glossary Terms

• Chief Protector of Aborigines (1), Colony of Western Australia (1897 - 1901)
• Chief Protector of Aborigines (2), State of Western Australia (1901 - 1936)
• Protector of Aborigines (1832 - 1954)

Organisations

• Aborigines Department, State of Western Australia (1898 - 1908)
• Aborigines Protection Board, State of Western Australia (1886 - 1898)
• Moore River Native Settlement (1918 - 1951)

People

• Gale, Charles Frederick (1860 - 1928)
• Prinsep, Henry Charles (1844 - 1922)

Related Publications

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• 'Aboriginal Records', in Archive Collection of Western Australia, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2012, http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/aboriginal-records. Details