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Aborigines' Protection Board (GA1234)
Date Range:
1940 - 1963
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Description
The 1940 appointees to the Aborigines' Protection Board were Reverend Best [chairman], Professor Cleland, Leonard Cook, Dr Charles Duguid, Alice Johnston and Constance Cooke. The Secretary was Mr Bartlett.
For further details on the work of the Aborigines Protection Board, see Raynes, Cameron, 'A Little Flour and a Few Blankets: An Administrative History of Aboriginal Affairs in South Australia, 1834-2000', available in State Records' Research Centres. Also available from academic libraries.
Creation
Aborigines Act Amendment Act, 1939
Abolition
Aboriginal Affairs Act, 1962
Legislation
Aborigines Act, 1934-1939