Formed 11 January 1956 | Dissolved 27 March 1975 | |
Preceding Department Department of Trade and Customs Superseding agency Department of Police and Customs Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Department executives Frank Meere, Secretary (1956‑1960)
Alf Rattigan, Secretary (1960‑1963)
Francis Jeremiah Harrison, Secretary (1963‑1966)
Alan Carmody, Secretary (1966‑1975) | ||
The Department of Customs and Excise was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and March 1975.
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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.
In the 23 April 1958 Administrative Arrangements Order, the Department's functions were:
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Customs and Excise.
References
Department of Customs and Excise Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA