Which of the following government policies first encouraged Christian missionary activity among Aboriginal peoples? (A) Protection (B) Assimilation (C) Sectarianism (D) The White Australia Policy - HSC - SSCE Studies of Religion - Question 2 - 2006 - Paper 1

The government policy that first encouraged Christian missionary activity among Aboriginal peoples was (A) Protection.

The Protection Policy aimed to safeguard Aboriginal peoples by providing them with support, which included the introduction of missionaries. Missionaries sought to spread Christianity and integrate Aboriginal communities into Western culture during this period. The initiative was fundamentally designed to 'protect' Aboriginal peoples but often resulted in significant cultural and social changes due to missionary influence.