Formed 1 January 1901 Headquarters Melbourne | Dissolved 14 November 1916 | |
Superseding agency Department of Works and Railways - for public works, railways, rivers
Department of Home and Territories - for all other functions Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Ministers responsible William Lyne, Minister (1901‑03)
John Forrest, Minister (1903‑04)
Lee Batchelor, Minister (1904)
Dugald Thomson, Minister (1904‑05)
Littleton Groom, Minister (1905‑06)
Thomas Ewing, Minister (1906‑07)
John Keating, Minister (1907‑08) | ||
The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1916. It was one of seven inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation.
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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 its creation, the Department dealt with:
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs.
References
Department of Home Affairs (1901–16) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA