Alternate Title(s)

Removal of many Aboriginal children

Statement of Responsibility

written by Andrew Hall.

Edition

2nd ed.

Publication Information

Adelaide : Dept. of Human Services

Physical Description

ix, 29 pages 30 cm

Notes

"Commissioned by the Department of Human Services, South Australia."

Contents

Introduction -- From Protection to Self-Management -- Protection : To protect and civilise ; Ordinance no. 123 ; Select committee ; The Northern territory ; First removals ; The Aborigines Act, 1911 ; Mission Stations ; Royal Commission, 1913-16 -- Assimilation : More removals ; Advisory Council ; The Training Act ; the Aborigines Protection Board ; Assimilation Policy -- Towards Self-Management : Antecedents ; Substitute care in the 1950s and 60s ; Aboriginal Affairs Act, 1962 ; Amalgamation and the Community Welfare Act ; The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle ; Current policies and practices -- The Impact -- Conclusion.