Department of Home Affairs (1928–32)

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Formed 10 December 1928 Headquarters Canberra		Dissolved 12 April 1932
Preceding Department Department of Home and Territories Superseding agency Department of the Interior (I) Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1928 and 1932. It was the second so-named Australian Government department.

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:

Actuarial matters

Aliens' registration (new matter, as the Aliens' Registration Act 1920 had not appeared before its suspension by Act of 1926)

Astronomy

Australian War Memorial

Census and Statistics

Commonwealth Literary Fund

Elections

Emigration from Australia of children and aboriginal natives

Forestry

Franchise

Immigration restrictions

Indentured coloured labour

Meteorology

Naturalisation

North Australia and Central Australia

Northern Territory

Oil investigation

Oil prospecting (encouragement of)

Passports

Pearl shelling and Trepang fisheries in Australian waters beyond territorial limits

People of races (other than the Aboriginal races in any State) for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws

Prisoners from territories

Prospecting for precious metals (assistance for)

Seat of Government

Solar Observatory.

Structure

The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs.

References

Department of Home Affairs (1928–32) Wikipedia

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