The full title of the Aborigines Welfare Repeal Ordinance 1965 (Act no. 16/1965) was ‘An Ordinance to repeal the Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954’. It removed discriminatory provisions relating to persons of Aboriginal descent. It commenced on 11 November 1965, and was repealed by the Acts Revision Act 1977 on 22 December 1977.