Formed 26 April 1939 Employees 8,411 (in 1969) | Dissolved 19 December 1972 | |
Preceding Department Department of the Interior (I)
Department of Works (I) Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia Department executives Joseph Carrodus, Secretary (1939‑49)
Bill McLaren, Secretary (1949‑63)
Richard Kingsland, Secretary (1963‑70)
George Warwick Smith, Secretary (1970‑72) |
The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1939 and December 1972. It was the second so-named Australian Government department.
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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 department was diverse and dealt with a broad range of activities. According to the Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) made on 30 November 1939, the Department dealt with:
Structure
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Interior.
References
Department of the Interior (1939–72) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA