In this article, Inara Walden examines the history of the APB (later the AWB), and its removal scheme under which girls were taken to white homes as apprentices.

Inara Walden ''To send her to service': Aboriginal domestic servants' (1995) 76(3) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 12

Laws and policies specifically forced Aboriginal children into apprenticeships and domestic servitude.

Apprenticeships and service under the Aborigines Protection Act

From 1909, the Aborigines Protection Board and later the Aborigines Welfare Board had control over the labour of Aboriginal people living on reserves and could remove people from reserves if they determined they should be working off the reserve. Labour on reserves was often for no pay, unfair pay or...

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Inara Walden ''To send her to service': Aboriginal domestic servants' (1995) 76(3) Aboriginal Law Bulletin 12

Apprenticeships and service under the Aborigines Protection Act

Adult labour under the Aborigines Protection Act