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'The Aborigines Protection Board was renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940 with the Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940. A clear intention of the Act and the Board was the forced assimilation of Aboriginal people, most notably through the separation of children from their families.' Source: www.daa.nsw.gov.au/ (Sighted 30/4/10).