Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 (1915 - 1969)

From

1915

To

1969

Categories

Amending Act

Alternative Names

• An Act to amend the

Location

New South Wales

The Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 was a significant increase in the powers of the Aborigines Protection Board. It allowed the Board to assume parental rights over Aboriginal children and to remove children 'of any aborigine' without Court orders, or parental consent, and treat children 'absconding' from care as 'neglected' under the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905. The Act also removed the provision that apprenticeship of children by the Board was to be subject to the terms of the Apprentices Act 1901, effectively reducing the conditions of Aboriginal apprentices. The Aborigines Protection Act was further amended in 1918, 1936, 1940, 1943 and 1964. It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1969.