Aborigines Act 1969
{{Short description|Defunct Australian statute}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}{{use Australian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox legislation
| legislature = Parliament of New South Wales
| long_title = An Act to make provisions with respect to matters concerning Aborigines; to repeal the Aboriginal Protection Act, 1909, and certain other Acts; to amend the Attachment of Wages Limitation Act, 1957; and for purposes connected therewith.
| citation = {{URL|https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/pdf/asmade/act-1969-7|Act No. 7, 1969}}
| royal_assent = 20 March 1969
| repeals = Aborigines Protection Act 1909
| repealed_by = Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
| status = Repealed
}}
The Aborigines Act 1969 was an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales that repealed the Aborigines Protection Act 1909, and alongside other regulations relating to Aboriginals in New South Wales.
In 1983, the Act was repealed by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. The originating bill was introduced to Parliament following approval of the second question of the 1967 Australian referendum.
The Act
It abolished the Aborigines Welfare Board, included Aboriginal children under the same welfare legislation as non-Aboriginal children,{{cite web |last1=NSW Government |title=Aborigines Act 1969 |url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/sessionalview/sessional/act/1969-7.pdf |accessdate=31 January 2020}}{{cite web |title=Aborigines Act 1969 - Summary |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/nsw/NE00019 |website=Find and Connect |accessdate=31 January 2020}} amended the Attachment of Wages Limitation Act 1957 and made other provisions for Aboriginal people in the state of New South Wales.
The legislative changes introduced by the Act reflected the changing attitudes to Aboriginal people and the passage of the 1967 Australian referendum. The new Act established Aboriginal Welfare Services in the NSW Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare;{{Citation | author1=New South Wales. Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare. | author2=New South Wales. Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare. Directorate of Aboriginal Welfare. | title=Report of the Minister for Social Welfare on the working of the Aborigines Act, 1969 | year=1970 | section=v.; 34 cm. | issue=1969/70– | location=Sydney | publisher=Government Printer | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2136577034 | id=nla.obj-2136577034 | access-date=31 January 2020 | via=Trove }} a Directorate of Aboriginal Welfare and the Aborigines Advisory Council.
=Repeal=
The Act was further amended in 1973 before its repeal in 1983 by the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983.{{cite web |last1=NSW Government |title=Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 |url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/1983/42 |website=NSW Legislation |accessdate=31 January 2020}}