1902- Exclusion on Demand
According to Partington, Gower & Beresford (2012) it was common for Aboriginal children to be formally excluded from state schools in New South Wales up until the 1950s. Plans to officially exclude children in the 1800s became formalised as government policy by 1902. In that year, the state minister for education, John Perry, ordered teachers in all 2800 government schools to exclude aboriginal children straightaway. The practice became recognised as ‘Exclusion on Demand’. In practice this meant that when aboriginal parents required help or protested, they were told to send their children to the special Aboriginal schools on reserves, schools not operated by the education department and generally not run by qualified teachers. “On arrival there they were told that these special schools were for ‘full-bloods’ only” (Partington, Gower & Beresford, 2012, p.45).
According to Partington, Gower & Beresford (2012) it was common for Aboriginal children to be formally excluded from state schools in New South Wales up until the 1950s. Plans to officially exclude children in the 1800s became formalised as government policy by 1902. In that year, the state minister for education, John Perry, ordered teachers in all 2800 government schools to exclude aboriginal children straightaway. The practice became recognised as ‘Exclusion on Demand’. In practice this meant that when aboriginal parents required help or protested, they were told to send their children to the special Aboriginal schools on reserves, schools not operated by the education department and generally not run by qualified teachers. “On arrival there they were told that these special schools were for ‘full-bloods’ only” (Partington, Gower & Beresford, 2012, p.45).
