Port Phillip Protectorate
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The Port Phillip Protectorate was created by the British House of Commons
at the instigation of Lord Glenelg
. The primary directives of the Protectors was to protect the Aboriginal people in their districts and to 'civilise' them, in other words to minimize conflicts between European settlers and Aboriginal people, and to help Aboriginal people take up the European way of life.
In 1839 George Augustus Robinson
became the Chief Protector of Aborigines and four assistants were appointed to particular regions: William Thomas
to the Melbourne and Westernport regions, James Dredge to the Goulburn region, Edward Stone Parker
to the Loddon and Northwest District and Charles Sievwright to the Western District.
Within only 10 years the organization crumbled, and was no longer seen to be effective or viable, in December 1849 the Protectorate was abolished.
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
at the instigation of Lord Glenelg
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg PC FRS was a Scottish politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...
. The primary directives of the Protectors was to protect the Aboriginal people in their districts and to 'civilise' them, in other words to minimize conflicts between European settlers and Aboriginal people, and to help Aboriginal people take up the European way of life.
In 1839 George Augustus Robinson
George Augustus Robinson
George Augustus Robinson was a builder and untrained preacher. He was the Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip District from 1839 to 1849...
became the Chief Protector of Aborigines and four assistants were appointed to particular regions: William Thomas
William Thomas (Australian settler)
William Thomas represented Aboriginal people in various roles in the Port Phillip district during his lifetime.-Various official roles:...
to the Melbourne and Westernport regions, James Dredge to the Goulburn region, Edward Stone Parker
Edward Stone Parker
Edward Stone Parker was a Methodist preacher and assistant Protector of Aborigines in the Aboriginal Protectorate established in the Port Philip District of colonial New South Wales under George Augustus Robinson in 1838...
to the Loddon and Northwest District and Charles Sievwright to the Western District.
Within only 10 years the organization crumbled, and was no longer seen to be effective or viable, in December 1849 the Protectorate was abolished.