Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943 (1943 - 1969)

From

1943

To

1969

Categories

Amending Act

Location

New South Wales

The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943 (13/1943) created 'exemption certificates' which enabled an Aboriginal person to argue they should no longer be deemed to be 'an aborigine or a person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood', and could thus escape the provisions of the Aborigines Protection Act and enjoy similar freedoms to white people. The Act enabled the Board, for the first time, to board out (or foster) children admitted to its control. It asserted the Board's rights to control its wards, their apprenticeship and their custody. It was repealed by the Aborigines Act 1969.