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Legislation State Children Act Amendment Act 1927
State of Western Australia
State Children Act Amendment Act 1927 (WA), 14 September 2012
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[Taken from the To Remove and Protect website:]
The State Children Act Amendment Act 1927, replaced the term 'State child' with 'ward'. A 'ward' was defined as a child who was received into an institution or apprenticed, boarded out or placed out under this Act. The State Children Act Amendment Act 1927 was repealed by the Child Welfare Act 1947.
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Timeline
1874 Industrial Schools Act 1874
1877 Industrial Schools Act 1874 Amendment Act 1877
1882 Industrial Schools Act Amendment Act 1882
1893 Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1893
1907 State Children Act 1907
1919 State Children Act Amendment Act 1919
1927 State Children Act Amendment Act 1927
1942 Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1941
1947 Child Welfare Act 1947
1952 Child Welfare Act Amendment Act 1952
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Online Resources
- State Children Act Amendment Act 1927 (WA), 1927, http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_8638_homepage.html. Details
- State Children's Department, State of Western Australia (1917-1927) Agency Detail (State Records Office), Archive Collection of Western Australia, with State Records Office of Western Australia, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2012, http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?Id=37. Details
- 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
- State Law Publisher: Official Publisher of Western Australian Legislation and Statutory Information, 1997, http://www.slp.wa.gov.au. Details
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Sources used to compile this entry: To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/index.html.
Prepared by: Leanne Howard
Created: 18 July 2011, Last modified: 8 March 2012
Last updated: 22 March 2013
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