Government Policies to Australian Indigenous Cultures

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  • The House of Commons Select Committee on "Aboriginies" 1837

    The House of Commons Select Committee on "Aboriginies" 1837

    The House of Commons selected a committe in regards to Indigenous Australians.
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    Protection

    The House of Commons Select Committee on Aboriginies 1837 Policy of Protection was adopted in victoria in 1867
    adopted in WA in 1886
    adopted in QLD in 1897
    adopted in NSW in 1909
    adopted in SA and NT in 1910-11 Welfare Ordinance 1953
  • Aboriginies Protection Act VIC

    Aboriginies Protection Act VIC

    1867 - 1869 - 1871 - 1957
    The Victorian version of the Indigenous Australian's "Protection" Act. This was a part of the policies that reduced the treatment of indigenous Australians; from an ethnocentric view
  • Aboriginies Act WA

    Aboriginies Act WA

    1886 - 1909 - 1954
    The Western Australian Equivalent to the Protection Act
  • Archibald Meston Report

    Archibald Meston Report

    Archibald Meston was commissioned to report on the working conditions of indigenous Australian Missions. Additionally, the report focused on the treatment of indigenous youth and their interactions with non-indigenous society...
  • Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium - QLD ACT

    Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium - QLD ACT

    1897 - 1965
    The Queensland Equivalent to the Protection Act, with specifications... see more >>>
  • Meston's Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the sale of opium act 1897

    Meston's Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the sale of opium act 1897

    the act is a result of the report which Meston was commissioned to do as a check on indigenous youth and conditions. ...
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    Segregation

    1897-1965
  • Aboriginies Protection ACT 1909 NSW

    Aboriginies Protection ACT 1909 NSW

    1909 - 1915 - 1940
    The New South Wales equivalent to the Protection act. The title includes a word which is disrespectful and not used anymore. This just goes to show how outdated these laws are.
  • Aboriginies Act 1911 SA

    Aboriginies Act 1911 SA

    1911 - 1923 - 1962
    The South Australia Equivalent to the Protection Act
  • Aboriginals Ordinance 1911 NT

    Aboriginals Ordinance 1911 NT

    1911 - 1964
    Northern Territory's Protection Act equivalent
  • Indigenous Responce - AAPA Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association

    Indigenous Responce - AAPA Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association

    The legal party established in 1924, It has legal representation for Indigenous Australians because it is by the indigenous Australians for indigenous Australians.
  • Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Act + Torres Strait Islanders Act

    Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Act + Torres Strait Islanders Act

    These acts allowed government official's under the control of the chief protector and the director of native affairs to remove indigenous people from reserves and place them elsewhere. This involves the separation from families and missions.
  • Indigenous Responce - Freedom Rides

    Indigenous Responce - Freedom Rides

    A responce which developed because of the horrible treatment of Indigenous people in living spaces, specifically around NSW. This included racism and the living conditions. The freedom rides was in a bus, which travelled around NSW.
  • Indigenous Responce - 1967 Referendom

    Indigenous Responce - 1967 Referendom

    A referendom to change some of the laws in Australia's Constitution. This attempted to remove the ideologies of "Indigenous people were dying out," and "Indigenous people are not intecellectually worthy of a place in the political system." These are the opinions the constitution aims to change. Additionally, the referendom was in responce to the mistreatment to Indigenous Australians; Indigenous people could actually vote before the referendom, but their votes were viewed separately.