вторник, 30 октября 2012 г.

After Neville


1936
Leprosarium at Derby opens, offering the first live-in care in WA. Sufferers of leprosy are no longer mandatorily shifted to Northern Territory.
1941
To minimise the spread of leprosy, WA’s northern Aboriginals are prevented from travelling south beyond the 20th parallel [the ‘Leper Line’]
1941
the federal government makes child endowment payable to ‘detribalised’ Aborigines
1942
[federal] age and invalid pensions extended to Aboriginals
1944
[federal] unemployment and sickness benefits extended to Aboriginals
1944
WA Native (Citizenship Rights) Act provides a Clayton’s form of citizenship available to Aboriginals
1948
Bateman provides a report on Native Affairs. He recommends a new policy of assimilation and supervision, but with separate education for Aboriginal children.

SG Middleton, the new Commissioner for Native Affairs ushers in an era of reform. Nothing moves quickly, but by the mid 1950s things are improving.

In 1954 a new Native Welfare Act was passed in Western Australia.
  • Aboriginals were no longer barred from towns and cities;
  • penalties for ‘cohabitation’ were removed;
  • Protectors could no longer demolish camps, move residents on or restrict them to one area;
  • Police could no longer force Aboriginals to leave a town for loitering or for being poorly clothed.

The next major steps forward in Western Australia were taken in 1972.

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