This is the final report from the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines on 'the causes of the socio-economic deprivations suffered by New South Wales Aboriginal citizens'. 

Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines, Parliament of NSW, Second Keane Report (Final Report, 15 April 1981).

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

From the late 1960s, Commonwealth and NSW governments began to focus specifically on housing programs for Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people continued to experience barriers to accessing mainstream public housing.

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Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly upon Aborigines, Parliament of NSW, Second Keane Report (Final Report, 15 April 1981).

Housing on reserves

Aboriginal housing programs begin