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1881
Protector of Aborigines is appointed in New South Wales.
1883
New South Wales' Aborigines Protection Board established. In 1915, the Board is empowered to remove and apprentice Koori children without a court hearing. This power is repealed in 1940. The board is renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board, and later abolished in 1969.
1888
The phrase 'White Australia' appears in William Lane's Boomerang in Brisbane, Queensland.
1890
Jandamarra (or Pigeon), an Aboriginal resistance fighter, declares war on white invaders in the West Kimberleys, Western Australia, and prevents settlement for six years.
1897
Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act (Qld). The Chief Protector can remove Murri people on to and between reserves and hold their children in dormitories.
1897
1 April: Resistance leader Jandamarra of the Bunuba people is killed in WA.
1905
Aborigines Act (WA). The Chief Protector is made legal guardian of every Aboriginal and 'half-caste' child under 16.
1909
Aborigines Protection Act (NSW): is introduced making it illegal for ‘half-castes’ [terminology used at the time] to live on reserves. In 1915 and 1918 amendments to the Act gave the NSW Aborigines Protection Board greater powers to remove children from their families for training as domestic servants. Children removed in the Act are known as the Stolen Generations.
1911
Aborigines Act (SA) The Chief Protector is made legal guardian of every Aboriginal and 'half-caste' child under 21 with control over the child's place of residence. The Chief Protector is replaced by the Aborigines Protection Boards in 1939. Guardianship power is repealed in 1962.
1918
New South Wales Aboriginal Protection Board establishes the Kinchela Training Institution for Aboriginal boys.
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