State of Western Australia
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs (DAA) was formed on 17 May 2013, as a new name for the Department of Indigenous Affairs. The DAA has an information service and other resources for Aboriginal family history in Western Australia. On 30 June 2017, the Department of Aboriginal Affairs' functions were divided between four government departments, with the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries taking responsibility for the Aboriginal History Research Unit.
1887 - 1890 Aborigines Protection Board
1890 - 1898 Aborigines Protection Board
1898 - 1908 Aborigines Department
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1909 - 1920 Department of Aborigines and Fisheries
1920 - 1926 Department of the North West
1920 - 1964 Fisheries Department
1926 - 1936 Aborigines Department
1936 - 1954 Department of Native Affairs
1955 - 1972 Department of Native Welfare
1972 - 1994 Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority
1994 - 2001 Aboriginal Affairs Department
2001 - 2013 Department of Indigenous Affairs
2013 - 2017 Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Government Gazette Western Australia No. 76', in Western Australian Government Gazette Online Archive, State Law Publisher of Western Australia, 14 May 2013, https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg2013_076.pdf/$FILE/Gg2013_076.pdf; Department of Aboriginal Affairs, State of Western Australia, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, http://www.daa.wa.gov.au; Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report 2016-17, State Government of Western Australia, 2017, http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4010639a1214af7a7618ecbf4825819b00062597/$file/639.pdf.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 17 July 2013, Last modified: 12 December 2018
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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