New layer for each artboard

Hi,
I've just recently started learning Illustrator and have used photoshop for a long time. I have been getting on OK and yesterday had a file open with about 4 different artboards (was making wedding invitations) and went to start a 5th one and decided to add a new layer to this artboard and it then struck me that all the artboards had exactly the same layer! Now as a photoshop user this bamboozled me and the photoshop part of me gets annoyed, because I would like every artboard to have a different set of layers so that they are always separate. Can anyone tell me if I'm just not grasping how illustrator does things or is there a way to set up illustrator to have a new set of layers for every artboard? Is it just a case that I have to create a new layer for each artboard manually?
Sorry if this is a basic question, but I've searched for this answer but couldn't find it.
Cheers in advance.
Oh and just in case, I'm using CS5 on an iMac.

and the photoshop part of me gets annoyed
You need to "turn off" the photoshop part of you when working in Illustrator. Two entirely different worlds, and rightly so.
because I would like every artboard to have a different set of layers so that they are always separate.
If that's what you want, there are other programs in Illustrator's category which provide that. Corel Draw X3 is one example. In real use, though, page-specific layers is not the panacea you may think. It has resulted in much tedium and confusion and consternation in the Draw community.
If you insist on working that way, there's no reason you can't set up your file with top-level Layers coresponding to each Artborad. But you'll probably soon find it more cumbersome and tedious than actually practical.
Forget trying to think of Illustrator Layers and Photoshop Layers as similar things. They are not. Two entirely different constructs. That's a good thing. They should not be made to "work alike." If anything, Photoshop just needs to change the name from "Layers" to "Films" or "Overlays" or something like that, to help stop this widespread misconception among newcommers.
JET

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