Replaced the term ‘State child’ with ‘ward’. A ‘ward’ defined as a child who is received into an institution or apprenticed, boarded out or placed out under this Act.
Repealed by Child Welfare Act 1947
1930s
Native Administration Act 1936
[Also known as the Aborigines Act Amendment Act 1936]
Changed the title of Chief Protector to Commissioner of Native Affairs. The expansive definition given to ‘native’ extended the reach of the Commissioner’s powers.
