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Repealed by Aborigines Act 1969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
