Aboriginal Protection Act 1869
The Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 was an Act of the
History
In 1860 the Victorian government established a Central Board for the Aborigines and six Aboriginal reserves under the control of managers appointed by the board. By 1869 a quarter of Aboriginal Victorians lived on reserves. Victoria enacted the Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 providing addition powers to compel Aboriginal Victorians to live on reserves. In 1871 the Board developed further controls over where Aboriginal people could live and work, what they could do, who they could meet or marry.[4] However, by 1877 fewer than half of Aboriginal Victorians lived on reserves.[5]
In 1886, Victoria's parliament passed what became known as the Half-Caste Act, giving the board power to expel Aboriginal Victorians of mixed heritage ("half-castes") aged from eight to 34 from reserves. According to Broome: "In one move, the Board's costs would be reduced and the Aboriginal race would vanish as the 'full bloods' aged and died, and the 'half castes' were blended to whiteness."[6]
The policy was implemented on the eve of the
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-74114-569-4.
- ^ O'Neill, Cate (28 October 2011). "Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines - Organisation". Find & Connect - Victoria/Public Record Office Victoria/National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Aboriginal Protection". Documenting Democracy. National Archives of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
- ^ "Regulations and orders made under the Act to provide for the protection and management of the aboriginal natives of Victoria". Victoria Government Gazette (15): 338. 24 February 1871.
- ISBN 9781760528218.
- ^ Broome (2019). p. 94
- ^ Broome (2019). pp. 94-95
- ^ "Aboriginal people and the law". Acts and regulations Victoria. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
Further reading
- "Central Board for the Protection of Aborigines". Find & Connect. 15 September 2009.