This Annual Report of the Department of Lands details the work undertaken by the Department in the year ending 30 June 1908.

NSW Department of Lands, Twenty-ninth Report of the Department of Lands being for the year ended 30 June, 1908 (Annual Report, 1908)

During the late 1800s, the NSW Government’s focus shifted away from religious missions to reserves and stations. Missions were transformed into the first stations operated by the newly established Aborigines Protection Board. Reserves continued to be set aside for use by Aboriginal people.

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NSW Department of Lands, Twenty-ninth Report of the Department of Lands being for the year ended 30 June, 1908 (Annual Report, 1908)

The Aborigines Protection Board, missions, stations and reserves