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Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment

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Formed
  
13 December 1984

Headquarters
  
City, Canberra

Dissolved
  
24 July 1987

Preceding Department
  
Department of Home Affairs and Environment

Superseding agency
  
Department of Administrative Services (III) Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories

Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment was an Australian government department that existed between December 1984 and July 1987.

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Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At the department's creation it was responsible for:

  • Environment and conservation
  • Cultural affairs, including support for the arts
  • National collections
  • National heritage.
  • Structure

    The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment.

    References

    Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment Wikipedia