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.
At its creation, the department was responsible for the following:[1]
Assisted migration from Great Britain, comprising household workers, boys for farms and re-union of families. Functions include approval or otherwise of requisitions by States for migrants; examination, selection and approval in Great Britain; also transportation to Australia
Australian Overseas Transport Association
Commonwealth Railways
Co-ordination of Australian transport services- Collection and dissemination of information regarding Australia's resources and production, including transport and taxation
Federal Transport Council
Interstate railway freights
Mechanical transport development, including
the testing of various types of motor vehicles likely to cheapen and improve Australian transport;
use in motor vehicles of Australian fuel, such as producer gas from charcoal;
dissemination of information regarding the latest overseas developments affecting motor transport.
department, transport, 1930, 1932, department, transport, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, april, 1930, april, 1932, department, transportdepartment, overviewformed21, april, 1930, preceding, departmentdepartment, markets, transport,. The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between April 1930 and April 1932 Department of TransportDepartment overviewFormed21 April 1930 1 Preceding DepartmentDepartment of Markets and Transport for assisted migration from Britain Co ordination of transport Commonwealth railways War service homesDepartment of Home Affairs II for Australian Capital Territory transportDissolved12 April 1932 1 Superseding agencyDepartment of Commerce for navigation shipping and lighthousesDepartment of the Interior I for internal transport War service homes Waterside employment Prime Minister s Department for shipping services for territoriesJurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaHeadquartersMelbourneMinisters responsibleParker Moloney Minister for Transport 1930 1932 Archdale Parkhill Minister for Transport 1932 Department executiveHerbert Charles Brown SecretaryScope EditInformation 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 At its creation the department was responsible for the following 1 Assisted migration from Great Britain comprising household workers boys for farms and re union of families Functions include approval or otherwise of requisitions by States for migrants examination selection and approval in Great Britain also transportation to Australia Australian Overseas Transport Association Commonwealth Railways Co ordination of Australian transport services Collection and dissemination of information regarding Australia s resources and production including transport and taxation Federal Transport Council Interstate railway freights Mechanical transport development including the testing of various types of motor vehicles likely to cheapen and improve Australian transport use in motor vehicles of Australian fuel such as producer gas from charcoal dissemination of information regarding the latest overseas developments affecting motor transport Overseas transport Unification of railway gauges War Service HomesStructure EditThe department was a Commonwealth Public Service department staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Transport Parker Moloney until January 1932 and then Archdale Parkhill 1 The secretary of the department was Herbert Charles Brown 1 References Edit a b c d e CA 26 Department of Transport I Central Office National Archives of Australia retrieved 2 December 2013 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 Transport 1930 1932 amp oldid 1112826497, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
