The Welfare Ordinance 1961 (Act No. 12/1962) amended the Welfare Ordinance 1953. It was passed on 3 March 1962 and commenced on 3 May 1962. The Welfare Ordinance 1961 continued to allow for the separation of children from their parents, however it placed restrictions on the means with which this was done. For the separation…
The State Children Act 1895 (Act no. 641/1895) was passed on 20 December 1895. Its full title was ‘An Act to amend the Law relating to State Children, and for other purposes’. It was repealed by the Child Welfare Ordinance 1958 (Act No.20/1958) on 2 February 1959. During the period 1863 to 1911 when the…
The Child Welfare Ordinance 1958 (Act no. 20/1958) replaced the South Australian State Children’s Act 1895. Its full title was ‘An ordinance relating to the welfare of children’. It was passed on 14 November 1958 and commenced on 2 February 1959. The Child Welfare Ordinance 1958 appointed the Director of Welfare as the guardian of…
The Welfare Ordinance 1953 (Act No. 16/1953) was assented to on 15 July 1963 and commenced on 13 May 1957. It was repealed by the Social Welfare Ordinance (Act no. 31/1964) on 15 September 1964. The Welfare Ordinance 1953 created the position of Director of Welfare and made the Director the legal guardian of all…
Aboriginals Ordinance (No. 2) 1953 (Act no. 9/1953) was an amendment of the Aboriginals Ordinance 1918. However, it never commenced because the date of commencement had not been fixed before the repeal of Aboriginals Ordinance 1918-1953, which this Ordinance proposed to amend, became effective.
This Aboriginals Ordinance 1918 (Act no. 9/1918) combined and replaced the Northern Territory Aboriginals Act of 1910 (SA) and the Commonwealth Aboriginals Ordinance of 1911. It carried over most of the provisions of the previous Ordinances. The Chief Protector retained control over many aspects of Aboriginal lives and continued to be the legal guardian of…
The Aboriginals Ordinance 1911 (Act no. 16/1911) was passed on 8 January 1912 and commenced on the same day. Its full title is ‘An Ordinance relating to Aboriginals’. It was the first legislation relating to Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory to be passed by the Commonwealth. It was to be read with the Northern…
The Kahlin Compound was established in Darwin in 1913 as a reserve in which to segregate and control Aboriginal people. Initially 76 people lived within the Compound but numbers soon grew. Children living in the Compound slept in separate dormitories. Kahlin Compound closed in 1939 after all residents were moved to the new Bagot Aboriginal…
The Myilly Point Home, also known as the Darwin Half-Caste Home, was established in 1924 in a government residence, just outside the Kahlin Compound fence. The aim of the Home was to separate children from the Compound from adults. Initially the Home accommodated 21 girls under the care of a matron. The Myilly Point Home…
The Pine Creek Home was established by the government at Pine Creek in 1931 to alleviate over-crowding at the Myilly Point Home in Darwin. The first children were moved there in September 1931. Pine Creek Home operated for two years and closed in 1933 and the children were transferred to The Bungalow in Alice Springs…
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