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Department of Defence Production

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Formed
  
11 May 1951

Dissolved
  
23 Apr 1958

Headquarters
  
Preceding Department
  
Superseding agency
  
Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Defence Production was an Australian government department that existed between May 1951 and April 1958.

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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.

The Department was created with responsibility for the manufacture and supply of munitions (armaments, ammunition, weapons, machine tools, war chemicals, radar), aircraft production and defence production planning.

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Defence Production.

References

Department of Defence Production Wikipedia


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