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Agency number	CA 31
Title	Department of the Interior [II], Central Office
Date range	26 Apr 1939 - 19 Dec 1972
Series recorded by this agency	Series
Organisation controlling	26 Apr 1939 - 19 Dec 1972 CO 1, COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Location	Australian Capital Territory
Agency status	Department of State
Function	26 Apr 1939 - 23 Apr 1958 EARTH SCIENCES 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1960 ELECTORAL MATTERS 26 Apr 1939 - 23 Apr 1958 FORESTRY REGULATION 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Mar 1947 INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS 26 Apr 1939 - 09 Mar 1950 LAND TRANSPORT 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1960 METEOROLOGY 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Mar 1947 MIGRATION 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1945 PASSPORTS 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Mar 1947 RESOURCES 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Mar 1947 CITIZENSHIP 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1960 SPACE SCIENCE 26 Apr 1939 - 23 Apr 1958 SURVEY AND MAPPING 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Mar 1947 WORKS 12 Mar 1947 - 31 Dec 1960 WAR MEMORIALS 12 Mar 1947 - 23 Apr 1958 CONSERVATION 12 Mar 1947 - 31 Dec 1960 DEFENCE COORDINATION 12 Mar 1947 - 21 Jun 1951 SEA TRANSPORT 09 Mar 1950 - 31 Dec 1960 GOVERNMENT MEDIA 21 Jun 1951 - 22 Apr 1956 AGRICULTURE
Agency note	The Department of the Interior [II] was created on 26 April 1939 by Executive Council Meeting No 18 (PM's Minute No 54) (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 25, 26 April 1939) and inherited the functions of the Departments of the Interior [I] (CA 27) and Works [I] (CA 30) which were abolished on that date. The first Administrative Arrangements Order issued after the creation of the Department (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 153, 30 November 1939) listed the following functions as being administered by the Department of the Interior [II]: Aliens - registration of Ashmore and CartierIslands Assisted Migration Astronomy Australian Capital Territory - administration of Australian War Memorial Conveyance of Members of Parliament and others Co-ordination of Australian Transport Services Elections and franchise Emigration of children and aboriginals Forestry Geodesy Immigration Indentured Colouredlabour Lands and Surveys Maintenance and operation of electric light,water and sewerage services in the Australian Capital Territory Meteorology Naturalisation Northern Territory Oil Investigation and prospecting Passports Preparation of design and execution of all Commonwealth Architectural and Engineering Works in the States, Northern Territory and ACT including works for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Properties transferred, rented or acquired Public Works and Services Prospecting for precious metals (assistance for) Railways River Murray Waters Commission Rivers, roads and bridges Solar observatory The Acts to be administered by the Department, as enumerated in the above Administrative Arrangements Order, were: Aliens Registration Act 1939 Ashmore and CartierIslands Acceptance Act 1933-1935 Australian War Memorial Act 1925 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1934 Commonwealth Electoral (War-Time) Repeal Act 1920 Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1936 Commonwealth Shipping Act 1923 Constitution Alteration (Senate Elections) Act 1906 Contract Immigrants Act 1905 Emigration Act 1910 Federal Aid Roads Acts 1926, 1931, 1936 Federal Aid Roads and Works Act 1937 Forestry Bureau Act 1930-1932 Grafton to South Brisbane Railway Act 1924-1930 Immigration Act 1901-1935 JervisBayTerritory Acceptance Act 1915 Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway Act 1911-1912 Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway Lands Act 1918-1920 Lands Acquisition Act 1906-1936 Meteorology Act 1906 Nationality Act 1920-1936 Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910-1919 Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1933 Northern Territory Railway Extension Act 1923 Northern Territory Representation Act 1922-1936 Oodnadatta to Alice Springs Railway Act 1926 Passports Act 1938 Petroleum Oil Search Acts 1936 Petroleum Prospecting Acts 1926-1927, 1928 Pine Creek to KatherineRiver Railway Act 1913 Port Augusta to Port Pirie Railway Act 1935 Precious Metals Prospecting Act 1926 Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act l906-1936 Representation Act 1905-1938 River Murray Waters Acts 1915, 1923, 1934 Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938 Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1922 Seat of Government Act 1908 Seat of Government (Administration) Act l910-1933 Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1933 Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1930-1935 Seat of Government Railway Act 1928 Senate Elections Act 1903-1932 Solar Observatory Fund Act 1930-1932 In 1941, responsibility for Federal Aid for roads and works was transferred to the Department of Transport [II] (CA 44) and the Meteorology function was transferred to the Department of Air (CA 35) but returned in 1946. The following Acts were transferred to the Department of Immigration (CA 51) in 1945 (notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 145, 26 July 1945): Aliens Registration Act 1939 Contract Immigrants Act 1905 Emigration Act 1910 Immigration Act 1901-1935 Nationality Act 1920-1936 Passports Act 1938 In 1945 the Fire Board was transferred to the Department of Works [II] (CA 50) and in 1946 the Department gained responsibility for the Ionospheric Prediction Service from the Prime Minister's Department (CA 12) and some civil defence functions from the Department of Home Security (CA 43). During World War II, the sections of the Department of the Interior which were engaged by war-time functions were: (a) Cartographic Section, Property and Survey Branch (b) CanberraTechnicalCollege, Civic Branch (c) Commonwealth Observatory, Mt Stromlo Optical Munitions Annexe (d) Canberra Services Branch The Cartographic Section was engaged in the preparation of maps for defence purposes under instruction from the Departments of Army and Air. The CanberraTechnicalCollege was involved in the training of aircraftsmen and munitions workers. The Mt Stromlo Optical Munitions Annexe was established in 1940 for the manufacture, assembly and inspection of optical and mechanical components of Military Optical instruments. The Canberra Services Branch acted as agents for the Liquid Fuel Controller and the Commonwealth Salvage Commissioner. The following changes were notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 52, 14 March 1947. The following Acts were transferred to the Department of Supply and Shipping (CA 47): Petroleum Oil Search Acts 1936 Petroleum Prospecting Acts 1926-27, 1928 Precious Metals Prospecting Act 1926 In addition, the: River Murray Waters Act was transferred to the Department of Works and Housing (CA 52) and the Department gained responsibility for the CockatooIsland Dockyard Agreement Act 1933 from the Prime Minister's Department (CA 12). In this order, the Department also assumed responsibility for the following functions: Accommodation for Commonwealth Departments AustralianCommonwealth Shipping Board Official War History, 1939-45 Civil Defence Commonwealth Observatory Mapping Soil Conservation War Graves In the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 3, 12 January 1950, the Department gained responsibility for WarServiceLand Settlement and Rural Loans Schemes from the Department of Post-War Reconstruction (CA 49). In the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 15, 17 March 1950 the following functions were transferred from the Department of Information (CA 34): Administration of the National Film Board Supply of information services to overseas posts At the request of Ministers, production of facts, information and publicity material on important matters of national interest The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 71, 23 November 1950 notified the following changes. The Department gained responsibility for the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory Police Forces from the Attorney-General's Department (CA 5) and the News and Information Bureau from the Department of Information (CA 34). In the same order the responsibility for railways was transferred to the Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport (CA 55) along with the following Acts: Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1936 Grafton to South Brisbane Railway Act 1924-1930 Oodnadatta to Alice Springs Railway Act 1926 Pine Creek to KatherineRiver Railway Act 1913 Port Augusta to Port Pirie Railway Act 1935 In the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 46, 2 July 1951, the following change was notified. Responsibility for the administration of Ashmore and CartierIslands and the Northern Territory was transferred to the Department of Territories (CA 60) along with the associated Acts: Ashmore and CartierIslands Acceptance Act 1933-1938 Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910-1938 Northern Territory Administration Act Northern Territory Representation Act In 1955 responsibility for the National Mapping Council was transferred to the Department of National Development [I] (CA 56). In 1956 the following change was notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 20, 27 April 1956. Responsibility for the: WarServiceLand Settlement Agreement Act was transferred to the Department of Primary Industry [I] (CA 63). In 1958 the following change was notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 25, 24 April 1958. Divisions 3 and 4, Part VI, of the Re-establishment and Employment Act were transferred to the Repatriation Department [I] (CA 16). In 1963 forestry education programs were transferred to the Department of National Development [I] (CA 56) and in 1964 control of forestry was transferred to the same department, (notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 27, 23 March 1964). This involved the transfer of the following Act: Forestry and Timber Bureau Act 1930-1953 In 1966 education in the Australian Capital Territory was transferred to the Department of Education and Science (CA 1196). In 1968 the Department of Territories was abolished and the following functions and acts transferred to the Department of the Interior (notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 18A, 28 February 1968) Administration of the Northern Territory and Ashmore and Cartier Islands The following Acts were transferred: Ashmore and CartierIslands Acceptance Act 1933-1938 Northern Territory Acceptance Act Northern Territory Administration Act Northern Territory Representation Act Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act In 1970, the following Acts were transferred to this Department from the Department of National Development [I] (CA 56) (notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 30, 17 April 1970), with the responsibility for petroleum exploration in relation to Ashmore and Cartier Islands being gained: Petroleum (Ashmore and CartierIslands) Act 1969 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967-1968 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Exploration Permit Fees) Act 1967 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Pipeline License Fees) Act 1967 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Registration Fees) Act 1967 Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Royalty) Act 1967 In 1971 responsibility for the Australian War Memorial and War Graves was transferred from the Department of the Interior [II] to the Department of Environment, Aborigines and the Arts (notified in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No 56A, 31 May 1971). The following Act was transferred: Australian War Memorial Act 1962-1966 On 19 December 1972 the Department of the Interior [II] was abolished and its functions split between nine Departments. Administration of the Australian Capital Territory and JervisBay went to the Department of the CapitalTerritory (CA 1477). Administration of the Northern Territory, Ashmore and CartierIslands and Petroleum Acts insofar as they refer to these islands, went to the Department of the Northern Territory [I] (CA 1484). Welfare activities in the Territory went to the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (CA 1476). Control of the Police forces of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory went to the Attorney-General's Department (CA 5). The Meteorology function and the Ionospheric Prediction Service were transferred to the Department of Science [I]. The civil defence function went to the Department of Defence [III] (CA 46). Control of government publicity and information went to the Department of the Media (CA 1481). The National Capital Development Commission was transferred to the Department of Urban and Regional Development (CA 1493). All other functions were transferred to the Department of Services and Property (CA 1488). The Ministers for the Department of the Interior [II] were: 26 Apr 1939 - 7 Oct 1941 : Senator the Hon Hattil Spencer Foll 7 Oct 1941 - 13 Jul 1945 : Senator the Hon Joseph Silver Collings 13 Jul 1945 - 19 Dec 1949 : Hon Herbert Victor Johnson 19 Dec 1949 - 24 Oct 1950 : Hon Philip Albert Martin McBride 24 Oct 1950 - 11 May 1951 : Hon Eric John Harrison 11 May 1951 - 11 Jan 1956 : Hon Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes 11 Jan 1956 - 10 Dec 1958 : Hon Allen Fairhall (CP 37) 10 Dec 1958 - 18 Dec 1963 : Hon Gordon Freeth (CP 45) 18 Dec 1963 - 4 Mar 1964 : Senator the Hon John Grey Gorton (CP 136) 4 Mar 1964 - 16 Oct 1967 : Hon John Douglas Anthony (CP 55) 16 Oct 1967 - 5 Feb 1971 : Hon Peter James Nixon (CP 83) 5 Feb 1971 - 19 Dec 1972 : Hon Ralph James Dunnet Hunt The following people were appointed to the position of Secretary to the Department of the Interior [II] : 26 Apr 1939 - 1 May 1949 : J A Carrodus 2 May 1949 - 7 May 1963 : W A McLaren 8 May 1963 - 22 Jul 1970 : R Kingsland 23 Jul 1970 - 19 Dec 1972 : G H Warwick Smith Sources 1. Committee of Review - Civil Staffing of Wartime Activities - Report on the Department of the Interior, 21 August 1945 2. C Hughes and B D Graham, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964, ANU Press, 1968, p 43 Historical agency address 1939- 1943: Subject to research 1943-by1957: Acton Offices, Action, Canberra ACT by1957-by1961: Acton Offices and AdministrativeBuilding, Canberra ACT by1961-by1967: Administrative Building and Civic Offices, Canberra ACT by 1967-1970 by:Moresby House and Civic Offices, Canberra ACT by 1970-1972:Electricity House, London Circuit, Canberra City ACT 2601. Legislation administered Creation: Executive Council Meeting No. 18 (P.M's Minute No. 54) of 26 April 1939 Abolition: Executive Council Meeting No. 55 (P.S.B. Minute No. 48) of 19 December 1972
Previous agency	26 Apr 1939 CA 27, Department of the Interior [I], Central Administration - All other functions 26 Apr 1939 CA 30, Department of Works [I], Central Office - for works and services 01 Feb 1946 CA 12, Prime Minister's Department - Radio research, Ionospheric Prediction Service 01 Feb 1946 CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office - for Meteorology 01 Feb 1946 CA 43, Department of Home Security - for civil defence functions 01 Feb 1946 CA 52, Department of Works and Housing, Head Office - for Commonwealth Timber Control 01 Jul 1946 CA 52, Department of Works and Housing, Head Office - Commonwealth timber control 12 Mar 1947 CA 12, Prime Minister's Department - Cockatoo Island Dockyard Agreement Act 11 Jan 1950 CA 49, Department of Post-War Reconstruction, Central Office - War Service Land Settlement and Rural Loans Schemes 06 Mar 1950 CA 34, Department of Information, Central Office - for National Film Board, News and Information Bureau 23 Nov 1950 CA 5, Attorney-General's Department, Central Office - ACT and NT Police Forces 16 Jan 1964 CA 56, Department of National Development [I], Central Office - for certain aspects of petroleum exploration 28 Feb 1968 CA 60, Department of Territories [I], Central Office - Administration of the Northern Territory and Ashmore and Cartier Islands 16 Apr 1970 CA 56, Department of National Development [I], Central Office - Petroleum exploration in relation to Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Subsequent agency	CA 3021, Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited/ (from 1979) Clifton Brick (Canberra) Limited - Commonwealth Brickworks CA 3811, Munitions Stores and Transport Branch, Central Administration/ (from 1944) also known as the Directorate of Stores and Transport/ (from 1948) Stores and Transport Branch, Central Administration - Australian Capital Territory Services Branch CA 497, Allied Works Council - Works and Services Branch 01 Jan 1941 CA 33, Department of Supply and Development [I] Central Office - for geological branch 09 Apr 1941 CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office - for Meteorology 26 Jun 1941 CA 44, Department of Transport [II], Central Office - For financial assistance to the States for roads and works 26 Feb 1942 CA 7140, Allied Works Council, Victorian Branch - Works and Services Branch 26 Feb 1942 CA 8132, Allied Works Council, Western Australian Office 02 Feb 1945 CA 50, Department of Works [II], Central Office - for works and services, Fire Board 25 Jul 1945 CA 51, Department of Immigration, Central Office - for aliens, immigration, passports 12 Sep 1945 CA 52, Department of Works and Housing, Head Office - for River Murray Waters Commission 12 Mar 1947 CA 47, Department of Supply and Shipping, Central Office - for petroleum and precious metals prospecting 11 Jan 1950 CA 12, Prime Minister's Department - for regional and industrial development; Section 63 of the Lands Acquisition Act 16 Mar 1950 CA 55, Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport, Central Office - For Commonwealth railways 21 Jun 1951 CA 60, Department of Territories [I], Central Office - Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Northern Territory 22 Apr 1956 CA 63, Department of Primary Industry [I], Central Office - for War service land settlement 02 Jul 1956 CA 56, Department of National Development [I], Central Office - For national mapping 10 Oct 1957 CA 279, National Capital Development Commission - for National Capital Planning and Development Committee and functions of ACT Planning and Development Branch 23 Apr 1958 CA 16, Repatriation Department [I] - Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945-1956, Part VI, Divisions 3 and 4, except in relation to agricultural occupations 23 Apr 1958 CA 63, Department of Primary Industry [I], Central Office - Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945-1956, Divisions 3 and 4 of Part VI, in relation to agricultural Occupations 01 Jan 1963 CA 56, Department of National Development [I], Central Office - for forestry education 01 Jul 1963 CA 1774, Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority - Canberra Electric Supply 1939-1963 19 Mar 1964 CA 56, Department of National Development [I], Central Office - For forestry 13 Dec 1966 CA 1196, Department of Education and Science, Central Office - For education in the ACT and Jervis Bay 31 May 1971 CA 1407, Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts, Central Office - For war graves and the Australian War Memorial 19 Dec 1972 CA 1476, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Central Office - For welfare in NT, and management services and finance 19 Dec 1972 CA 1477, Department of the Capital Territory, Central Office - for Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay 19 Dec 1972 CA 1478, Department of Education [I], Central Office - For aboriginal education, Northern Territory, function passed via Department of Aboriginal Affairs 19 Dec 1972 CA 1480, Department of Labour, Central Office - For industrial relations 19 Dec 1972 CA 1481, Department of the Media, Central Office - government publicity and information 19 Dec 1972 CA 1484, Department of the Northern Territory [I] , Central Office - Northern Territory Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Petroleum in those areas 19 Dec 1972 CA 1486, Department of Science [I], Central Office - For meteorology, ionospheric prediction 19 Dec 1972 CA 1488, Department of Services and Property, Central Office - For electoral and property and survey matters 19 Dec 1972 CA 1493, Department of Urban and Regional Development, Central Office - for National Capital Development Commission 19 Dec 1972 CA 40, Department of Labour and National Service, Central Secretariat/ (by 1947 known as Central Office) - for industrial relations 19 Dec 1972 CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office - for civil defence 19 Dec 1972 CA 5, Attorney-General's Department, Central Office - ACT and Northern Territory Police Forces
Controlled agency	01 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941 CA 215, Meteorological Branch/Bureau, Central Office 01 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1946 CA 221, Commonwealth Forestry Bureau 01 Jan 1939 - 31 Jul 1941 CA 981, Commonwealth Geological Adviser (also known as Geological Section) 26 Apr 1939 - 01 May 1951 CA 738, Property and Survey Branch 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1954 CA 7490, Federal Members Rooms [South Australia] 26 Apr 1939 - 02 Jul 1951 CA 757, Civic (ACT) Administration Branch (a) Department of the Interior [I] (to 1939) (b) Department of the Interior [II] 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1951 CA 3760, Property and Survey Branch, Brisbane, Queensland 26 Apr 1939 - 28 Nov 1957 CA 383, National Capital Planning and Development Committee 26 Apr 1939 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 384, Canberra National Memorials Committee (also known as National Memorials Committee) 26 Apr 1939 - 26 Feb 1942 CA 4325, Bank and Special Projects Branch [of Department of Works and successors] 26 Apr 1939 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 491, Advisory Council/ (from 1938) Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council 26 Apr 1939 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 558, Chief Electoral Office 26 Apr 1939 - 01 Jan 1957 CA 634, Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories 26 Apr 1939 - 22 Dec 1942 CA 508, The Council of the Canberra University College 26 Apr 1939 - 12 Sep 1945 CA 246, The River Murray Commission 26 Apr 1939 - 30 Nov 1950 CA 265, Commonwealth Railways Commissioner 26 Apr 1939 - 02 Jul 1951 CA 1197, Canberra Service Branch (a) Department of the Interior [I] (to 1939) (b) Department of the Interior [II] 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1941 CA 102, Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board 26 Apr 1939 - 11 May 1951 CA 1070, [Northern Territory] Administrator, Northern Territory [II] 26 Apr 1939 - 01 Jul 1963 CA 132, Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial 26 Apr 1939 - 28 Feb 1968 CA 1398, Duntroon Public School - Buildings and Finance 26 Apr 1939 - 28 Feb 1968 CA 1404, Hall Public School, then Hall Primary School - Building and Finance 01 Aug 1939 - 13 Dec 1966 CA 1972, Canberra Technical College/ (from 1977) Canberra Technical and Further Education College 01 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1950 CA 690, Patriotic Funds Board, Australian Capital Territory 01 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1942 CA 1793, Central Directorate of Works, Melbourne 01 Feb 1942 - 31 Dec 1945 CA 1346, Controller, Enemy Raids Precautions Services, Canberra - (? through CA 743, Director of Works, ACT) 26 Feb 1942 - 16 Feb 1945 CA 497, Allied Works Council 20 Oct 1943 - 31 Aug 1945 CA 354, Migration Committee 01 Jan 1946 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 743, Works Director, ACT 01 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1955 CA 215, Meteorological Branch/Bureau, Central Office 01 Apr 1946 - 31 Dec 1964 CA 213, Forestry and Timber Bureau 01 Jul 1946 - 31 Dec 1946 CA 1536, Commonwealth Timber Control 01 Jul 1946 - 31 Dec 1946 CA 678, Central Timber Advisory Panel 01 Nov 1948 - 31 Dec 1951 CA 345, Inter-Departmental Committee on Accommodation 01 Jan 1949 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 541, Directorate of Civil Defence 16 Mar 1950 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 219, Australian News and Information Bureau, Canberra 16 Mar 1950 - 11 Jan 1956 CA 1462, War Service Land Settlement Division/ (from c.1963) War Service Land Settlement Branch 01 Jul 1950 - 16 Jan 1964 CA 665, Australian Capital Territory Police Force [I] 01 May 1951 - 31 Dec 1966 CA 849, Property Section, Department of the Interior [II] 01 Jul 1951 - 16 Jan 1964 CA 1198, Australian Capital Territory Services Branch, Department of the Interior [II] 20 Jun 1955 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1835, Bureau of Meteorology, Head Office 01 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1970 CA 2963, Welfare Section, Australian Capital Territory 03 Jan 1957 - 1967 CA 3897, Bureau of Meteorology, IPS Radio and Space Services 10 Oct 1957 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 279, National Capital Development Commission 01 Jan 1959 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 824, Housing Branch (a) Department of the Interior [II] (to 1972) (b) City Manager's Office, Department of the Interior [II] (to 1972) (c) City Manager's Office, Department of the Capital Territory 01 Jan 1960 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 3021, Commonwealth Brickworks (Canberra) Limited/ (from 1979) Clifton Brick (Canberra) Limited 01 Jan 1963 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 825, Survey Branch (a) Department of the Interior [II] Central Office (to 1972) (b) Department of Services and Property, Central Office 01 Mar 1963 - 30 Apr 1968 CA 827, Lands Branch, Department of the Interior [II] 01 Jul 1963 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1774, Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority 16 Jan 1964 - 01 May 1972 CA 874, Facilities Branch, Department of the Interior [II] 16 Jun 1965 - 31 Dec 1968 CA 2360, Canberra School of Music 21 Jun 1965 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 3285, [Australian Capital Territory] Canberra Theatre Trust 22 Sep 1966 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1240, Property Branch (a) Department of the Interior [II] (to 1972) (b) Department of Services and Property 06 Oct 1966 - 18 Apr 1968 CA 1299, Education Branch, Department of the Interior [II] 28 Feb 1968 - 12 Nov 1968 CA 1286, Territories Division, Department of the Interior [II] - Northern Territory Sub-Registry 28 Feb 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1070, [Northern Territory] Administrator, Northern Territory [II] 28 Feb 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1865, [Northern Territory] Port Authority 01 Apr 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1308, Finance and Supply Branch (a) Department of the Interior [II] (to 1972) (b) Department of the Capital Territory 01 Apr 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1309, [Australian Capital Territory] Land Administration Branch 01 Apr 1968 - 30 Apr 1972 CA 1310, Parks and Gardens Branch, Department of the Interior [II] - Land and Property Division 01 Apr 1968 - 30 Apr 1972 CA 1311, Building Branch, Department of the Interior [II] - Land and Property Division 01 Sep 1968 - 31 May 1972 CA 1312, [Australian Capital Territory] Forests 12 Nov 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1316, Northern Territory Division(s), Department of the Interior [II] - Northern Territory Sub-Registry 01 Jan 1970 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 2964, [Australian Capital Territory] Welfare Branch 01 Jan 1971 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 7913, Tourism and National Parks Section, Northern Territory, Primary Industries Branch, Department of the Interior 01 Nov 1971 - 18 Dec 1972 CA 3142, [Australian Capital Territory] Milk Authority 01 Jan 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 6676, Property Division,Victoria (a) Department of the Interior [II] (b) Department of Services and Property 01 May 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 665, Australian Capital Territory Police Force [I] 01 May 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 CA 1497, City Manager's Office, (a) Department of the Interior [II] (to 1972) (b) Department of the Capital Territory
Persons associated with agency	26 Apr 1939 - 26 Aug 1946 CP 172, William Banks HICKS - Northern Territory Lands Officer 26 Apr 1939 - 20 Jan 1949 CP 214, Thomas Gordon MARSHALL - Senior Clerk 26 Apr 1939 - 01 May 1949 CP 42, Joseph Aloysius CARRODUS CBE - Secretary 26 Apr 1939 - 30 Sep 1948 CP 53, Percy Lampriere SHEAFFE - Surveyor 26 Apr 1939 - 31 Dec 1942 CP 132, Richard Minchin URE OBE - Senior Draftsman 23 Jun 1941 - 23 Apr 1942 CP 411, Ray George MAIR - Accounts Branch - Ledger Keeper 07 Oct 1941 - 13 Jul 1945 CP 166, Joseph Silver COLLINGS - Minister 01 Jan 1946 - 10 Mar 1949 CP 216, Professor Frederick George Godfrey ROSE - Weather Officer 20 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 1952 CP 214, Thomas Gordon MARSHALL - Chief Clerk 02 May 1949 - 07 May 1963 CP 226, William Alexander MCLAREN CBE - Secretary 24 Oct 1950 - 11 May 1951 CP 648, The Rt Hon Sir Eric John HARRISON KCMG, KCVO - Minister 11 Jan 1956 - 10 Dec 1958 CP 37, Hon Sir Allen FAIRHALL KBE - Minister 10 Dec 1958 - 18 Dec 1963 CP 45, Hon Sir Gordon FREETH KBE - Minister 08 Nov 1959 - 17 Nov 1959 CP 143, Hon Frederick Meares OSBORNE CMG, DSC, VRD - Acting Minister 18 Dec 1963 - 04 Mar 1964 CP 136, The Rt Hon Sir John Grey GORTON GCMG, AC, CH - Minister 04 Mar 1964 - 16 Oct 1967 CP 55, The Rt Hon John Douglas ANTHONY AC, CH - Minister 20 Jun 1964 - 10 Jul 1964 CP 37, Hon Sir Allen FAIRHALL KBE - Acting Minister 16 Oct 1967 - 05 Feb 1971 CP 83, Hon Peter James NIXON AO - Minister 28 Feb 1968 - 19 Dec 1972 CP 295, Frank Leo AHRENS - Assistant Secretary 25 Jul 1968 - 01 Feb 1972 CP 428, Robert Frederick FELGENNER - Northern Territory Division - First Assistant Secretary 23 Jul 1970 - 19 Dec 1972 CP 319, George Henry WARWICK SMITH CBE - Secretary 05 Dec 1970 - 12 Jan 1971 CP 55, The Rt Hon John Douglas ANTHONY AC, CH - Acting Minister 05 Feb 1971 - 05 Dec 1972 CP 311, Hon Ralph James Dunnett HUNT AO - Minister 01 Feb 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 CP 428, Robert Frederick FELGENNER - Secretariat and Management Services Division - First Assistant Secretary 05 Dec 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 CP 94, Hon Lance Herbert BARNARD AO - Minister
Date registered	30 Sep 1987

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