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Perth Prohibited Area

The Perth Prohibited Area was an area of the metropolitan area in Perth, Western Australia that Aboriginal people were not permitted to enter without a permit. The prohibition was in force from 1927 to 1954, and covered approximately 13 square kilometres (5 mi2) wholly within the boundaries of the City of Perth. The ban was instigated by A. O. Neville, the protector of Aborigines, and proclaimed under the Aborigines Act 1905 (WA) in 1927.

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The Perth Prohibited Area was an area of the metropolitan area in Perth,1 Western Australia that Aboriginal people were not permitted to enter without a permit. The prohibition was in force from 1927 to 1954,2 and covered approximately 13 square kilometres (5 mi2) wholly within the boundaries of the City of Perth. The ban was instigated by A. O. Neville, the protector of Aborigines, and proclaimed under the Aborigines Act 1905 (WA) in 1927.3456a

Aboriginal people working in the city had to leave by 6 pm or face the threat of arrest and a fine,8910 or in some cases a custodial sentence.1112 The edict was actively enforced, with the records of the Central Police Office showing 78 Indigenous people charged from July 1949 to February 1950.13 The historian Stephen Kinnane has suggested that Neville did not like the fact that Aboriginals were beating white Australians at competitive events held in White City.1314

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  1. Area not depicted on later version of map.7
References

References

  1. "Plan of the City of Perth – Prohibited Area" (PDF). Kaartdijin Noongar. South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council. 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. Wynne, Emma (3 March 2025). "Coolbaroo League's role in Aboriginal rights movement celebrated at Perth Festival". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Cooperation. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  3. "NEWS AND NOTES". The West Australian. Vol. XLIII, no. 7, 737. Western Australia. 19 March 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. State Records Office; Western Australian Museum (2019). "Perth's Prohibited Area". Culture WA. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  5. "BAN ON NATIVES". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 15, 914. Western Australia. 30 June 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Collard, Leonard; Jones, Tod (2014). Fighting for families, Country, Rights and Recognition: Aboriginal Heritage in the City of Perth after 1829 (Map). Designed by Brown Cow Design. Perth: City of Perth. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. Collard, Leonard; Jones, Tod (2023). Fighting for families, Country, Rights and Recognition: Aboriginal Heritage in the City of Perth after 1829 (PDF) (Map). Designed by Flametree Creative and City of Perth. Perth: City of Perth. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  8. "LAW COURTS". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 18, 867. Western Australia. 2 January 1947. p. 14 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "PROHIBITED AREA". The West Australian. Vol. 62, no. 18, 822. Western Australia. 9 November 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "IN PROHIBITED AREA". The West Australian. Vol. 64, no. 19, 265. Western Australia. 14 April 1948. p. 13. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "NATIVES GAOLED". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 18, 978. Western Australia. 13 May 1947. p. 12 (SECOND EDITION.). Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "LAW COURTS". The West Australian. Vol. 64, no. 19, 287. Western Australia. 10 May 1948. p. 17. Retrieved 20 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. Carmody, Rebecca (29 December 2019). "The little-known story of when Perth banned Indigenous people from the city and suburbs". ABC News.
  14. Connolly, Anthony J; University of Western Australia. Law School (1991), White city : a critical legal history of the prohibited area proclamation and pass system in the Perth area 1927-1954, retrieved 20 August 2020

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