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Department of Aboriginal Affairs (Western Australia)


Not to be confused with the Australian Department of Aboriginal Affairs

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs (Western Australia) is the former government authority that is involved with the matters of the Aboriginal population of Western Australia.

Prior to the creation of the Aborigines Department in 1898, there had been an Aborigines Protection Board.

The department took its current name in May 2013. On 28 April 2017 Premier Mark McGowan announced that Western Australia's 41 departments would be reduced to 25 departments by 1 July 2017. The departments of Planning, Lands, Heritage and the Aboriginal heritage and land functions of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs will amalgamate on 1 July 2017, forming the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. The Department of the Premier and Cabinet will assume responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs policy.

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