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Department of the Capital Territory

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Formed
  
19 December 1972

Headquarters
  
Canberra

Dissolved
  
11 March 1983

Preceding Department
  
Department of External Territories (II) - for Norfolk Island and Coral Sea Islands TerritoryDepartment of the Interior (II) - for ACT, Jervis Bay

Superseding agency
  
Department of Territories and Local Government

Jurisdiction
  
Commonwealth of Australia

The Department of Local Government and Administrative Services was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and March 1983.

Contents

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.

According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 20 December 1972, the Department dealt with:

  • Administration of the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory, Norfolk Island and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.

    • Structure

    The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Capital Territory.

    References

    Department of the Capital Territory Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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