Protection (jan 2, 1900 – jan 1, 1930)
Description:
Aborigines Protection Act 1909This Act granted the state the power to confine Indigenous people in missions and reserves.
Legislation that imposed British culture and Christianity, stripping children of access to their land, culture and Indigenous languages.
The state ranked children according to whether they were “full blood,” “half-caste” and so on, using this system to remove children from their families. 'The Stolen Generation.'
Aborigines were isolated into reserves, yards and missions.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 2, 1900
jan 1, 1930
~ 30 years
