Australian Human Rights Commission

Key provisions Court may order the removal of an ‘aborigine’ who is ‘living in insanitary or undesirable conditions’ to a reserve or a place controlled by the Board or to the State from whence he/she came. Repealed by Aborigines Act 1969

Child Welfare Act 1939 Replaced the Child Welfare Act 1923. Definitions neglected child – definition expanded to include a child who is destitute, whose parents are unfit to retain the child or who without lawful excuse does not attend school regularly ward – includes a child or young person who has been admitted to State control, committed to an institution or admitted to a hostel for expectant and nursing mothers