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- 1972-01-01 - (Creation)
- 1908-01-01 - 1997-06-30 (Accumulation)
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The Aboriginal Affairs Department was established on 1 November 1994 and combined the functions administered by the abolished Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority and the Office of Traditional Land Use together with the activities carried out by the Department of Aboriginal Sites.
The Department of Aboriginal Affairs became the Department of Indigenous Affairs on 1 July 2001.
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General files dealing with all aspects of aboriginal matters and including applications for land, aboriginal reserve matters, minutes on files of various consultative committees, Aboriginal Land Rights legislation and other associated matters.
Correspondence from earlier departments has, in some instances, been included on these files.
(Files in this Record Series include records that were previously listed at the State Records Office at references: AN 1/26, Accession 2816; AN 1/28, Accession 2818).
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Range Control Symbol = 15/1898 -