AHEA2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, Dog Collar, Constitution Of Australia
18 Jun 2018
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Lecture 2
Monday, 5 March 2018
8:49 am
Australian Aboriginal history
Pre-colonisation
No indication of lifestyle chronic diseases
Colonisation
Captain Arthur Philips 1788 Sydney
Introduced disease; influenza, measles
Colonisers destroyed indigenous borders - destroying native food sources
Missions: controlled by the church and missionaries, little government influence
Reserves/stations: ran by government, churches were at times active on reserves, did not have
administrative role, reserves were overseen by government protectors, Protectors controlled all
aspects of Aboriginal life.
Aborigines protection act 1886
Protect aborigines
Defined who was aboriginal
Power of act was broad a generalised
Enabled a protection board and appointment of protector of Aboriginal people
1905
Provide care and protection in WA
Governed the lives for 60 years
Created the appointment CPA
oSole guardian of all Aboriginal children to the age of 16
oAllowed to send and detain children in intuitions in service work.
A.O Neville (CPA of WA)
Appointed 1915-1940
Strong fascinations/beliefs - theory of eugenics
Breeding out 'black stain' on society
Could only marry if their children's aboriginal generation could be reduced
New method after selective marriage fell out; forcibly remove any half caste children and
placed in institutions/families
Stolen generation
1 in 10 and 1 in 3 aboriginal children were taken
Extensive reports of abuse, emotional, sexual physical
Loss of identify, culture, family - substance and alcohol abuse, depression, mental illness
Native administration act - 1936
Extended the power of that role, legal guardians to the age of 21
Natives (citizen rights) act - 1944
Citizen right for Aboriginal people
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Document Summary
Colonisers destroyed indigenous borders - destroying native food sources. Missions: controlled by the church and missionaries, little government influence. Reserves/stations: ran by government, churches were at times active on reserves, did not have administrative role, reserves were overseen by government protectors, protectors controlled all aspects of aboriginal life. Power of act was broad a generalised. Enabled a protection board and appointment of protector of aboriginal people. Sole guardian of all aboriginal children to the age of 16: allowed to send and detain children in intuitions in service work. Could only marry if their children"s aboriginal generation could be reduced. New method after selective marriage fell out; forcibly remove any half caste children and placed in institutions/families. 1 in 10 and 1 in 3 aboriginal children were taken. Extensive reports of abuse, emotional, sexual physical. Loss of identify, culture, family - substance and alcohol abuse, depression, mental illness. Extended the power of that role, legal guardians to the age of 21.
