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