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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
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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