Topics: Government policy
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1829 - North West - view
From 1831, there are no more free land grants, and the only land for sale is within the Nineteen Counties
1830 - North West - view
War veterans receive land grants
1831 - South West - view
Colonial Secretary’s Office.
1831 - South West - view
The governor offers ‘an allotment of from 30 to 40 acres
1832 - North Coastal - view
Blanket
distribution by the NSW Colonial Government to the clans of Sydney. 28
Aboriginal people receive blankets and stores.
1832 - South Coastal - view
government office
1834 - 1835 - South West - view
Returns of Aboriginal Natives (blanket lists)
1834 - North West - view
A reward of forty pounds is also offered
1834 - North Coastal - view
Second
blanket distribution. Only 16 people receive blankets.
1835 - North West - view
Aborigines held an unclear position before the courts
1835 - North West - view
Their cases went for around six weeks
1836 - North West - view
The Land Acts of 1861 allows free selection of crown land and “limits of location” become redundant
1836 - North Coastal - view
At
the Blanket Distribution, 35 people arrive to receive blankets.
1837 - North West - view
A Select Committee of the House of Commons records that the effects of colonisation on the Aborigines of Australia are “dreadful beyond example, both in diminution of their numbers and in their demoralisation
1837 - North West - view
“Protectorate”. He appoints protectors especially in the expanding frontier districts. Their aim is to defend the rights of the Aborigines
1838 - North West - view
Rev Lancelot Edward Threlkeld gives testimony in evidence to a Legislative Council Enquiry on the Aborigines