Resource

Creators: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Title: To Remove and Protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives
Secondary Title: Queensland Legislation
Type of Work: Exhibition
Imprint: 2009
Url: http://aiatsis.gov.au/collections/collections-online/digitised-collections/remove-and-protect/queensland
Description: The information on this website was originally compiled for the Bringing Them Home report. It lists the laws that were in force to 'protect' and 'control' Australian Aboriginal people from the time of European settlement to the 1970s. Also included are some annual reports from the government departments that administered the laws, and some reports from key inquiries. There is a section for each State and Territory.

Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Act 1939 (1939 - 1966)
Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (1897 - 1939)
Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Acts Amendment Act 1934 (1934 - 1939)
Aborigines Act 1971 (1972 - 1984)
Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders' Affairs Act 1965 (1965 - 1972)
Adoption of Children (Amendment) Act 1987 (1987 - 1995)
Adoption of Children Act 1935 (1936 - 1965)
Adoption of Children Act 1964 (1965 - 2010)
Children's Protection Act 1896 (1896 - 1966)
Children's Services Act 1965 (1965 - 2000)
Guardianship and Custody of Infants Act 1891 (1891 - 1966)
Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865 (1865 - 1911)
Infant Life Protection Act 1905 (1905 - 1966)
Orphanages Act 1879 (1879 - 1911)
State Children Act 1911 (1911 - 1966)
Torres Strait Islander Act 1939 (1939 - 1966)
Torres Strait Islander Act 1971 (1972 - 1984)