was used to release the government station-living "half-castes" aged under 35 into the community. From about 1898, all "half-caste" children on the stations, after leaving school, were given vocational training and sent out to work by the government. The Aborigines Act 1910 re-affirmed that the board had the power to apply all the measures in the 1886 act to "half-castes". The board reduced its administrative function from 1912, it not publishing another annual report until 1922; and it didn't meet at all between 1914 and 1916. The Aborigines Act 1915 removed most Aboriginal people from the bounds of the board's regulation by removing their Aboriginal status for the purposes of the act. In 1916, the state's Chief Secretary (Premier) Alexander Peacock, asserted his authority as Chairman, and convened the board for the first time in two years. He gave renewed responsibility of the organisation to its Vice-Chairman, who did so under his state government title of Under-Secretary (administrative head of the government). By 1920, the role of "Secretary" had again become the board's face to the public, reporting to a relatively hands-off Vice-Chairman. In 1917 it was decided to close all the stations except that in Lake Tyers, and to encourage all the station dwellers to move there. Most had moved by 1922. Almost all of the Depots had closed by this point. The Aborigines Act 1928 (from 1931) allowed more children and sick adults to live on the stations. In the 1930s, a number of Aboriginal people sought refuge at Framlingham. By the 1940s most people of Aboriginal ancestry were considered by the board to be "legally white", and the board generally only had power over Aboriginal people living at Lake Tyers. General Inspectors and Secretaries: William Thomas, Guardian of Aborigines (in a "General Inspector" role), 1860–1861 John Green, General Inspector, 1861–1875 Robert Brough Smyth, Secretary, 1866– c. 1876 Christian Splidt Ogilvie, General Inspector, 1875; General Superintendent, 1875–1877 Captain Andrew Mathew Adolph Page, General Inspector and Secretary, 1877–1890 Friedrich Hagenauer, Acting General Inspector and Secretary, 1889–1890; General Inspector and Secretary, 1890–1906 William J Ditchburn, Acting Secretary, 1906–1912; Secretary 1912–1917 Alfred Ernest Parker, Secretary, c. 1918– c. 1936 Presidents and Vice-Chairmen: Richard Heales, President of the Central Board appointed to Watch Over the Interests of the Aborigines, 1860–1864 James MacBain, President of the Central Board appointed to Watch Over the Interests of the Aborigines, 1864–1869 Theodotus John Sumner, Vice-Chairman of