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Legislation Aboriginal girls protection (1844)
Crown Colony of Western Australia
Aboriginal girls protection (1844), 28 February 2013, courtesy of State Law Publisher of Western Australia.
Details
- From
- 1844
- To
- 1844
- Categories
- Legislation
- Alternative Names
- An Act to Prevent the Enticing Away the Girls of the Aboriginal Race from School or from any Service in which they are Employed 1844 (also known as)
- Reference No
- Legal No. 1844 (8 Vict. No. 6)
Summary
The 'Aboriginal girls protection 1844' legislation made it an offence to remove Aboriginal girls from school or 'service' without the previous consent of a Protector of Aborigines or the girl's employer. The Act was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1905.
Related Entries
Timeline
1844 Aboriginal girls protection
1905 Aborigines Act 1905
1963 Native Welfare Act 1963
1972 Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972
Publications
Statutes
- Aboriginal girls protection (1844), 1 August 1844. Also available at http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_11003_homepage.html. Details
Online Resources
- To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/index.html. Details
- AustLII [website], 2011, http://www.austlii.edu.au. Details
- Tilbrook, Lois, Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914, Online version published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 2007, University of Western Australia Press, 1983, http://archive.aiatsis.gov.au/terms5.html?http://archive.aiatsis.gov.au/m0022954.pdf. Details
- State Law Publisher: Official Publisher of Western Australian Legislation and Statutory Information, 1997, http://www.slp.wa.gov.au. Details
Gallery
- Title
- Aboriginal girls protection (1844)
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 1 August 1844
- Control
- 1844 (8 Vict. No. 6)
- Source
- State Law Publisher of Western Australia
Sources used to compile this entry: Aboriginal girls protection (1844) [Document], Date: 1 August 1844; To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/index.html; Tilbrook, Lois, Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914, Online version published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 2007, University of Western Australia Press, 1983, http://archive.aiatsis.gov.au/terms5.html?http://archive.aiatsis.gov.au/m0022954.pdf.
Prepared by: Leanne Howard and Debra Rosser
Created: 28 June 2011, Last modified: 28 February 2013
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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