Want some help?
Does this page need updating?
Look for Similar
Other Find & Connect resources
Organisation Aborigines Protection Board (1886 - 1898)
State of Western Australia
- From
- 1886
- To
- 1898
- Categories
- Care Provider and Government Agency
Summary
The Aborigines Protection Board was in operation from 1 January 1886 to 1 April 1898. It preceded the Aborigines Department (first naming).
Details
Events
- 1886 - 1898
- The Aborigines Protection Board was located in Western Australia
Skip to
Related Entries
Timeline
1886 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
1972 - 1994 Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority
1972 - 1985 Department for Community Welfare
1985 - 1992 Department for Community Services
1994 - 2001 Aboriginal Affairs Department
1992 - 1995 Department for Community Development
2001 - Department of Indigenous Affairs
1995 - 2001 Department for Family and Children's Services
2001 - 2007 Department for Community Development
2007 - Department for Communities
2007 - Department for Child Protection and Family Support
Publications
Online Resources
- '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
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 'Western Australia Protectors Reports', National Library of Australia, 1899-1959, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/wa/protrepo.html. Details
- History of Adoption Project: Western Australian Holdings [website], 2011, http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/records/western-australia.php. Details
- State Records Office of Western Australia, of Western Australia, 'An Index to the Chief Protector of Aborigines Files, 1898 -1908', 1998, http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/aboriginal-records/index-chief-protector-aborigines-files-1898-1908. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: History of Adoption Project: Western Australian Holdings [website], 2011, http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/historyofadoption/records/western-australia.php.
Prepared by: Leanne Howard
Created: 27 June 2011, Last modified: 26 October 2011
Last updated: 28 May 2013
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/wa/biogs/WE00387b.htm
First published by the Find and Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License