3.4 Green Lesson - THOP

1. CHANGING RIGHTS AND
FREEDOMS
Topic Two

2. The Big Idea
WE VALUE ALL
PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE

3. Rights and freedoms denied to Aboriginal and
Torres Straight Islanders before 1965
Learning Goal
◻ To understand what the Aboriginal Protection Board was and
understand its impact.
Success Criteria
1. I can explain what the Aboriginal Protection Board was.
2. I can explain some of the impacts it had on the Indigenous
community.

4. Starter – 5 minutes
◻ TASK ONE
◻ Read ‘Aboriginal Protection Boards’ (P32 of your textbook)
◻ Using the reading write 2-3 sentences that explain what you
think is meant by the term ‘dying race’

5. The Aboriginal Protection Board - copy this
◻ TASK TWO – COPY THIS
◻ The NSW Aborigines Protection Board was established in 1883,
a time when Social Darwinism theory prevailed and the colony of
NSW looked towards a future as part of a federated white
Australia.
◻ However, for many Aboriginal people of those times, this was a
board not of protection, but persecution. The board utterly
controlled the lives and affairs of Aboriginal people in NSW from
1883 until 1969.

6. The Aboriginal Protection Board
◻ TASK THREE - RESEARCH
◻ Using the information provided (Act No. 25, 1869) and your
own research, answer the following question.
◻ http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/defining_moments/f
eatured/aborigines_protection_act
◻ Explain the purpose of the Aboriginal Protection Board?
(1 x structured paragraph)

8. Source Analysis
TASK FOUR - SOURCES
Using the source on the last slide, answer these questions.
Create a table like the one below and complete:
2. Who took this photo?
3. Where is it from?
4. When was it taken?
5. What was happening at the time in history this photo was taken?
6. Why was it taken?
PEOPLE OBJECTS WORDS

9. Recap & exit tickets
Success Criteria
1. I can explain what the Aboriginal Protection Board was and
identify some of the issues associated with it
Exit Ticket
◻ State your greatest criticism of the Aboriginal Protection
Board