The Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Act 1939 (Act no.3 Geo. VI No.6) with the full title “An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law relating to the Preservation and Protection of Aboriginals, and for other purposes” made provision for the appointment of the Director of Native Affairs, who, answerable to the Minister, was charged with the administration of the Act. He assumed the role of ‘the legal guardian of every aboriginal child under 21′. The Director’s permission was required to employ an Aboriginal person. This act was repealed and replaced by the Aborigines’ and Torres Strait Islanders’ Affairs Act 1965 (Act no. 27/1965) in 1966.