Legislation Infant Life Protection Act 1915
State of Victoria
The Infant Life Protection Act 1915
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Summary
The Infant Life Protection Act 1915 sought to consolidate the Victorian laws relating to the protection of infant life (namely, the Infant Life Protection Acts of 1890 and 1907). It was a re-enactment of the Infant Life Protection Act 1907.
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Published Resources
Books
- Jaggs, Donella, Neglected and criminal: foundations of child welfare legislation in Victoria, Centre for Youth and Community Studies, Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1986. Details
Online Resources
- 'Victoria [excerpts from Victorian legislation]', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, This section of the AIATSIS website is a part of the online exhibition, 'To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives'. It contains digitised excerpts of legislation from Victoria and other states and territories in Victoria that are relevant to the removal of Indigenous children from their families. Many of these laws are not specifically in relation to Aboriginal children, and are thus relevant to child welfare in Victoria for non-Indigenous children as well., Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008, http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/removeprotect/leg/vic_leg.html. Details
Gallery
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Victoria [excerpts from Victorian legislation]', in To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives, This section of the AIATSIS website is a part of the online exhibition, 'To remove and protect: laws that changed Aboriginal lives'. It contains digitised excerpts of legislation from Victoria and other states and territories in Victoria that are relevant to the removal of Indigenous children from their families. Many of these laws are not specifically in relation to Aboriginal children, and are thus relevant to child welfare in Victoria for non-Indigenous children as well., Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008, http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/removeprotect/leg/vic_leg.html; Jaggs, Donella, Neglected and criminal: foundations of child welfare legislation in Victoria, Centre for Youth and Community Studies, Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1986.
Prepared by: Nell Musgrove
Created: 17 September 2009, Last modified: 7 July 2010