Aborigines Protection Board (1883 - 1940)

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From

1883

To

1940

Categories

Government Agency, Care Provider

Alternative Names

Protection Board
Board for the Protection of Aborigines

Location

New South Wales

The Aborigines Protection Board was established to manage reserves and the welfare of the estimated 9000 Aboriginal people living in New South Wales in the 1880s. It was part of the Department of Police and was chaired by the Commissioner of Police. It met weekly in Phillip Street in Sydney. Board members, including George Edward Ardill of the Sydney Rescue Work Society, developed legislation in the period 1909 to 1935 that restricted the capacity of Aboriginal people to choose where they lived, enjoy education at the same standard offered to the rest of the community, set their own employment contracts, drink alcohol or receive family endowment in cash. After considerable controversy, the Aborigines Protection Board was replaced by the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940.

Timeline

1883 - 1940: Aborigines Protection Board
1940 - 1969: Aborigines Welfare Board

Series Title: Applications for Certificates of Exemption, Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1930 - 1964)
Date Range: 1930 - 1964
Reference: 11 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Series Title: Ward Registers, Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1916 - 1928)
Date Range: 1916 - 1928
Reference: 26 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Series Title: Indexes to Ward Registers, Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1916 - 1938)
Date Range: 1916 - 1938
Reference: 27 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Series Title: Salary Registers (Trust Account), Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1921 - 1934)
Date Range: 1921 - 1934
Reference: 20 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Ledgers (Trust Account), Board for the Protection of Aborigines (1897 - 1922)
Date Range: 1897 - 1922
Reference: 15 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Histories of Girls and Boys Unattached and for whom forms have not been prepared, Board for the Protection of Aborigines (c. 1930 - c. 1938)
Date Range: 1930 - 1938
Reference: 28 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Series Title: Minute Books, Aborigines Welfare Board (1890 - 1969)
Date Range: 1890 - 1969
Reference: 2 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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Series Title: Aborigines Welfare Board Photographs (c. 1916 - c. 1961)
Date Range: 1916 - 1961
Reference: 30 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Special Bundles (1920 - 1958)
Date Range: 1920 - 1958
Reference: 8 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
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Series Title: Correspondence files, Aborigines Welfare Board (1949 - 1969)
Date Range: 1949 - 1969
Reference: 9 [State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
Contact: Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs:
Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460
Phone: 1800 019 998
Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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