In some instances, a boarding out officer or probation officer or Aborigines Protection Board inspector made an assessment that the child was neglected, on the basis of a moral or other judgement of the child's family.
Children were 'charged' with neglect, in the Children's Court, until 1969.
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10 June 2021
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