This report is the AWB's annual report based on meetings and reports from individuals and inspectors.

Annual Report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ending 30 June 1949 (9 May 1950)

From the 1850s many Aboriginal people lived on reserves, often in homes they built themselves. From 1909 the reserves were owned by the Aborigines Protection Board, which built huts for housing. The Board sought to use housing as an assimilating tool. The poor condition of housing on reserves was recognised...

Housing on reserves

A system of public housing in NSW began in 1942. The Government built houses and subsidised housing for low income families. Many barriers prevented Aboriginal people from accessing public housing.

Barriers to Aboriginal people accessing public housing

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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Annual Report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ending 30 June 1949 (9 May 1950)

Housing on reserves

Barriers to Aboriginal people accessing public housing

Housing on reserves

Adult labour under the Aborigines Protection Act