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Auber Octavius Neville 20 November — 18 April was a British-Australian public servant who served as the Chief Protector of Aborigines and Commissioner of Native Affairs in Western Australia , a total term from to and his retirement from government. Neville was a supporter of eugenics. He believed that Aboriginal Australians needed to be assimilated and could eventually be absorbed into the larger European population through mixed marriages.

After living for ten years in Victoria, British Columbia with his parents, Neville moved as a young man in to Western Australia, where his brother was practising law. After arriving in Western Australia, Neville joined the Department of Works as a records clerk; he quickly rose through the ranks due to his efficiency.

Auber Octavius Neville (), public servant, was born on 20 October at Ford, Northumberland, England, son of Rev. Hastings Mackelean Neville.

In , he was appointed registrar of a sub-department of Premier John Forrest 's office. In , he was promoted to registrar of the Colonial Secretary's Department. In , Neville became an immigration officer. In he was appointed as the secretary of a new department organising immigration and tourism. He assisted in fostering the migration of 40, British people to Western Australia between and On 25 March , Neville was the state's second appointee to the role of the Chief Protector of Aborigines, although he had no experience in that area.

Neville worked from Murray Street , Perth and had under him a secretary and either five or six clerks. He had only one travelling inspector, E. Mitchell, from to That year he had to sack Mitchell due to the Great Depression. His administration had a budget of one pound and nine shillings per Indigenous Australian.