Western Australia’s approach to Aboriginal welfare had been a little different from the approach of the other states, and not just because if was the home of A.O. Neville.
In some ways, early WA legislation relating to Aboriginals was enlightened, in others it was not so good.
One significant proclamation made in 1850 stated
‘nothing contained in any pastoral lease shall prevent the aboriginal natives from entering upon the lands comprised therein, and seeking sustenance in their accustomed manner’
[The significance of this will be clearer when I do actually talk about the results of the equal pay decisions.]
In 1905 The Aborigines Act ignored an enquiry recommendation that Aboriginal pastoral workers be paid in cash, and everything seemed to go downhill from there.
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