Formed 26 June 1941 Headquarters Canberra | Dissolved 16 March 1950 | |
Preceding agencies Department of the Interior - for financial assistance to the states for roads and works
Department of Commerce - for transport research Superseding agency Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia | ||
The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between June 1941 and March 1950.
The Department was created after Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that, due to the war position, it was essential for a Commonwealth executive authority be established to address both road and rail internal transport problems. It was established by an Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 26 June 1941, the order also established the Department of Aircraft Production, the Department of War Organization of Industry, the Department of Home Security and the Department of External Territories.
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Department of Transport (1941–50) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA