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 is (A) Protection. This policy aimed to safeguard Aboriginal peoples' welfare and, inadvertently, facilitated the involvement of missionaries as they sought to convert and 'educate' Aboriginal populations under the guise of protection.