Law in the Northern Territory (NT) needs to be understood in light of the history of the territory’s governance. From 1863 until 1911, the territory was known as the Northern Territory of South Australia, having been annexed to the Colony of South Australia by the British Government. The position of Government Resident was responsible for…
Aboriginal Protection is a term that was commonly used in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to describe the policies and laws that regulated the lives of Aboriginal people. From the 1880s Aboriginal people in Western Australia, including children, were controlled by specific Protection Acts. From the 1930s, the central aim of these Acts was to…
Law in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) needs to be understood in light of the history of the territory’s governance. The ACT became a self-governing territory in 1989. Before 1989, laws in the ACT were made by federal (Commonwealth) Acts, or by Ordinances made by the Governor-General. From 1989, the ACT Legislative Assembly has been…
Adoption is the legal process which transfers the legal rights and responsibilities of being a parent from a child’s birth parents to adoptive parents. The Adoption of Children Ordinance 1938 regulated adoption in the ACT for the first time. The 1938 Ordinance was repealed by the Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 which marked a distinct…
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