The Department of External Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between January 1901 and November 1916. It was one of seven Departments of State to be established at federation.
The first Administrative Arrangements Order, issued 1901, outlined the functions of the Department:[2]
Fisheries - extraterritorial
Naturalisation and aliens
Immigration and emigration
Influx of criminals
External affairs
Pacific Islands
High Commissioner
Communications with States
Governor-General and Executive Council offices
Officers of Parliament
Structureedit
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for External Affairs.[1] The Prime Minister's Office was attached to the Department of External Affairs until 1909.[3]
department, external, affairs, 1901, 1916, department, external, affairs, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, january, 1901, november, 1916, seven, departments, state, established, federation, department, external, affairsdepartment, ov. The Department of External Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between January 1901 and November 1916 It was one of seven Departments of State to be established at federation Department of External AffairsDepartment overviewFormed1 January 1901 1 Dissolved14 November 1916 1 Superseding agencyDepartment of Home and TerritoriesJurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaDepartment executiveAtlee Hunt SecretaryScope editThe first Administrative Arrangements Order issued 1901 outlined the functions of the Department 2 Fisheries extraterritorial Naturalisation and aliens Immigration and emigration Influx of criminals External affairs Pacific Islands High Commissioner Communications with States Governor General and Executive Council offices Officers of ParliamentStructure editThe Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for External Affairs 1 The Prime Minister s Office was attached to the Department of External Affairs until 1909 3 The Secretary of the Department was Atlee Hunt 1 3 References edit a b c d CA 7 Department of External Affairs I Central Office National Archives of Australia retrieved 9 December 2013 Administrative Arrangements c 1901 National Archives of Australia archived from the original on 11 April 2013 a b Davies Helen M Hunt Atlee Arthur 1864 1935 Australian Dictionary of Biography archived from the original on 6 November 2013 nbsp This Australian government related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of External Affairs 1901 1916 amp oldid 1190516826, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
