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Western Australia
The Industrial Schools Act 1874 ('an Act to promote the efficiency of certain charitable institutions') was enacted to specify the powers of the managers of the various institutions for children that existed in Western Australia. Under the legislation, the Governor could approve a 'school, orphanage, or other institution formed for the purpose of providing for and educating necessitous children, or children or descendants of the aboriginal race'.
Sources used to compile this entry: Howard, Leanne, 'Industrial Schools Act 1874', in Find & Connect web resource, 2011, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE00402b.htm.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 16 November 2012
Last updated: 29 April 2024
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/australia/biogs/FE00103b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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