Western Australia: Reports from Royal Commissions, Committees and Boards of Enquiry


1871 – Information Respecting the habits and customs of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Western Australia

1871 – Select committee of the Legislative council relative to the Aboriginal Natives

1874 – Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed to consider and report upon the Bill to Promote the Efficiency of Certain Charitable Institutions

1874 – Letter from His Lordship The Bishop of Perth concerning A Paragraph in the Report of the Select Committee of the legislative Council upon Departmental Expenditure, relating to the support of Aboriginal Native Children

1883 – Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider and report upon the Aboriginal Native Offenders Bill

1884 – Report of a Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor to inquire into the treatment of Aboriginal Native prisoners of the Crown in this Colony and also into certain other matters relative to Aboriginal natives

1885 – Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider and report upon questions connected with the treatment and condition of the Aboriginal natives of the Colony

1886 – Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider and report upon the Aborigines Protection Bill

1899 – Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the penal system of the colony

1904 – Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed to report upon the Aborigines Bill 1904

1905 – Royal Commission of the condition of the natives. Report.

1927 – Royal Commission of inquiry into alleged killing and burning of bodies of Aborigines in East Kimberley and into police methods when effecting arrests

1935 – Report of the Royal Commissioner appointed to investigate, report, and advise upon matters in relation to the condition and treatment of Aborigines

1956 – Report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into Native welfare conditions in the Laverton-Warburton Range area

1958 – Report of the Special Committee on Native Matters (with particular reference to adequate finance)