of which there were 95 by 1932, each administered by a local Protector of Aboriginals (usually a police officer). The local protectors were responsible to the Chief Protector of Aboriginals. Other regulatory changes were also made. From 1908, Thursday Island's indigenous population came under the control of the Government Resident instead of a local Protector. In 1933, the Protector of Aboriginals (Female) resigned and was not replaced. The Office was succeeded by the Director of Native Affairs Office on 12 October 1939 (after the Aboriginals Preservation and Protection Act 1939 and Torres Strait Islander Act 1939 were passed). This was superseded by the Aboriginal and Island Affairs Department on 28 April 1966, (due to the passing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Affairs Act 1965). On 16 Jan 1975 the name of the department was changed to the Aboriginal and Islander Advancement Department (AIAD). Previous administrations had emphasised protection and preservation of the Aborigines through assimilation into the broader white community; later a policy of equality with the white community was implemented whereby, instead of seeking "exemption" from the provision of the Act, people had to apply for a "Certificate of Entitlement" in order to come under the Act. The AIAD was abolished when the Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984 and the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act 1984 were passed. Archibald Meston, Southern Protector of Aboriginals, 1898–1903 Dr Walter Roth, Northern Protector of Aboriginals, 1898–1904; Chief Protector of Aboriginals, 1904–1906 Richard Baron Howard, Acting Chief Protector of Aboriginals, 1904–1905; Chief Protector of Aboriginals, 1906–1914 John William Bleakley, Chief Protector of Aboriginals, 1914–1939; Director of Native Affairs, 1939–1942 Cornelius O'Leary, Director of Native Affairs and Protector of Islanders, 1942–1963 Patrick Killoran, Director of Native Affairs, 1963–1966; Director of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, 1966–1975; Director of the Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement, 1975–1984 Protector of Aboriginals (Female): Margaret Frances Prowse Meston, 1899–1900 Mary Easter Frew, 1900–1906 Mary Evelyn McKeown, 1906–1909 Katherine Angela Whipham, 1909–1912 Nurse Emily Beeston, Acting, 1910; Protector, c. 1912–1916 Nurse Annie Eleanor Sullivan, 1916–1933 Western Australia Concerns about the outcomes of interaction between Western Australian Aborigines and European settlers led to the creation of two Protector of Aborigines positions in 1839. One position was based in Perth, and the other in York. Captain Gayner, Protector of Aborigines, 1839–1840 Charles Augustus John Symmons, Protector of Aborigines (Perth), 1839–1858 Peter Barrow, Protector of Aborigines (York), 1840–1841 Rivett Henry Bland,