Formed 17 December 1963 | Dissolved 19 December 1972 | |
Preceding Department Department of Trade (I) Superseding agency Department of Tourism and Recreation - for tourismDepartment of Overseas TradeDepartment of Secondary Industry - for the Office of Secondary IndustryDepartment of Transport (III)Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - for the Tariff Board Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia |
The Department of Trade and Industry was an Australian government department that existed between December 1963 and December 1972.
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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 1964 Government Directory, reproduced by the National Archives of Australia, stated that the Department dealt with:
Structure
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Trade and Industry.
References
Department of Trade and Industry (Australia) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA