The Perth Prohibited Area was an area of the metropolitan area in Perth, Western Australia that Aboriginal people were not permitted to enter without a permit.
The prohibition was in force from 1927 to 1954, and covered approximately 5 square miles (13 km2) wholly within the boundaries of the City of Perth.
[1][2][3][4] Aboriginal people working in the city had to leave by 6pm or face the threat of arrest and a fine,[5][6][7] or in some cases a custodial sentence.
[8][9] The edict was actively enforced, with the records of the Central Police Office showing 78 indigenous people charged from July 1949 to February 1950.
[10] The historian Stephen Kinnane has suggested that Neville did not like the fact that Aboriginals were beating white Australians at competitive events held in White City.