the Aborigines Protection Board, c. 1884–1904 Thomas Garvin, Chairman of the Aborigines Protection Board, 1904–1910 The Aboriginal Protection Act 1909 was enacted in NSW on 1 June 1910. This reconstituted the board. It now reported to the colonial secretary, and had its purpose defined as being "to exercise a general supervision and care over all matters affecting the interest and welfare of Aborigines, and to protect them against injustice, imposition and fraud." It also allowed them to remove children that were deemed to be neglected, and this was very often the case. A chairman continued to be appointed, however the administrative power was now vested in a dedicated secretary. This regulatory environment remained in the Federal Capital Territory after it was created in 1911, and in the Jervis Bay Territory after its creation in 1915. The Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 greatly reduced the requirements needed for Aboriginal children to be removed. The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1936 extended the powers of the board further, giving them complete control of Aborigines resident in NSW. Arthur Charles Pettitt, Secretary of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, 1909–1916 LF Ward, Secretary of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, c. 1916–c. 1919 Arthur Charles Pettitt, Secretary of the Board for the Protection of Aborigines, 1919–1940 The Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940 created the Aborigines Welfare Board in 1940. ACT/JBT regulation was separated from NSW between the enacting of the Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954 and the Aborigines Welfare Repeal Ordinance 1965; however the regulating body remained the NSW Board. Alfred William George Lipscombe, Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare, 1940–1953 Maurice Henry Saxby, Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare, 1953–1958 Harold John Green, Superintendent of Aborigines Welfare, 1959–1969 The Aborigines Welfare Board become the Aborigines Welfare Directorate in 1969 through the Aborigines Act 1969. Ian Mitchell, Director of Aboriginal Welfare, 1969–1975 The Directorate was abolished on 1 July 1975, with most of its functions being transferred to the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs. The remaining state responsibilities were then transferred to the new Aboriginal Services Branch which operated within the Department of Youth, Ethnic and Community Affairs. Port Phillip and Victoria The first European charged with protecting the Indigenous people of NSW's semi-autonomous Port Phillip District was George Langhorne. He was employed by the district's superintendent as "Missionary" in 1837. He built a mission village at the Aboriginal camp on the Yarra where the Royal Botanic