 Passage of the Act gave the colony of Victoria a wide suite of powers over Aboriginal and "half-caste" persons, including the forcible removal of children, especially "at-risk" girls.Through the late 19th and early 20th century, similar policies and legislation were adopted by other states and territories, such as the "Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897" (Qld), the "Aboriginals Ordinance 1918" (NT), the "Aborigines Act 1934" (SA), and the "1936 Native Administration Act" (WA).As a result of such legislation, states arranged widespread removal of (primarily) mixed-race children from their Aboriginal mothers.