Aboriginal reserves and stations were portions of land that were set aside by the New South Wales Department of Lands, from the 1860s until World War I, for the use of Aboriginal people. An Aboriginal station was a large reserve that was managed by a resident teacher-manager and his wife. They were usually contained a school and a clinic, and served as a depot for the allocation of blankets, rations and other supplies to Aboriginal people.
Sources used to compile this entry: New South Wales. Aborigines Protection Board (ed.), Report of the Board, Government Printer, 1881-1941. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn1447508; New South Wales. Aborigines Welfare Board, Annual report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ended 1940, Government Printer, 1941; New South Wales. Aborigines Welfare Board (ed.), Annual report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ended …, Government Printer, 1949-1968.
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Created: 26 October 2011, Last modified: 13 February 2018
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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