Formed 17 December 1963 Employees 1300 (at October 1973) | Dissolved 30 November 1973 | |
Preceding Department Department of National Development (I) Superseding agency Department of Housing and Construction (I) Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia | ||
The Department of Housing was an Australian government department with responsibility for housing, including the administration of housing schemes and grants that existed between December 1963 and November 1973.
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Housing. When Annabelle Rankin was appointed the Minister of the department in 1966 she became the first woman to administer an Australian Government department.
References
Department of Housing Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA