NEVILLE PROOF FENCE

Authors

Antonio De Paulo Buti, University of Western AustraliaFollow

Abstract

The separation of Aboriginal children from their families formed a central plank of Aboriginal affairs policy in Australia for at least the first six decades of the twentieth century. In no state was the separation policy more pervasive than in Western Australia. And no one individual stands out more in the planning and implementation of the removal or separation policy than Auber Octavius Neville, chief protector of Aborigines in Western Australia from 1915 until 1940. This article focuses on Aboriginal affairs in Western Australia during the Neville era and also on the influence his views and ideas attained on the national stage, where he played a leading role during the 1937 Conference of Commonwealth and State Aboriginal Authorities.

Recommended Citation

Buti, Antonio De Paulo (2005) "NEVILLE PROOF FENCE," Pacific Studies Journal: Vol. 28: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/pacific-studies-journal/vol28/iss1/1