The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1932 and April 1939. It was the first so-named Australian Government department to be created, and was replaced by the Department of the Interior (II).
Information about the department's functions and 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 a composite department and dealt with a diverse range of activities.[2] According to National Archives of Australia records, at its creation the Department dealt with:[1]
department, interior, 1932, 1939, later, department, with, same, name, department, interior, 1939, 1972, department, interior, australian, government, department, that, existed, between, april, 1932, april, 1939, first, named, australian, government, departmen. For the later department with the same name see Department of the Interior 1939 1972 The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1932 and April 1939 It was the first so named Australian Government department to be created and was replaced by the Department of the Interior II Department of the InteriorDepartment overviewFormed12 April 1932 1 Preceding DepartmentDepartment of Works and Railways Department of Home Affairs II Department of Transport I Dissolved26 April 1939Superseding agencyDepartment of the Interior II Department of Supply and Development I JurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaHeadquartersCanberraMinisters responsibleArchdale Parkhill Minister 1932 John Perkins Minister 1932 1934 Eric Harrison Minister 1934 Thomas Paterson Minister 1934 1937 John McEwen Minister 1937 1939 Department executivesHerbert Charles Brown Secretary 1932 1935 Joseph Carrodus Secretary 1935 1939 Contents 1 Scope 2 Structure 3 Notes 4 References and further readingScope editInformation about the department s functions and 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 a composite department and dealt with a diverse range of activities 2 According to National Archives of Australia records at its creation the Department dealt with 1 Aliens Registration Astronomy Australian War Memorial Commonwealth Literary Fund Conveyance of Members of Parliament and others Co ordination of Australian Transport Services Elections and Franchise Emigration of children and aboriginals Federal Transport Council Forestry Geodesy Immigration Indentured Coloured Labour Lands and Survey Meteorology Naturalization Northern Territory Oil Investigation and Prospecting Encouragement of Passports Pearl Shelling and Trepang Fisheries in Australian waters beyond Territorial Limits Properties a transferred b acquired c rented Prospecting for precious metals assistance for Public Works and Services Railways Rivers roads and bridges Seat of Government Solar Observatory War Service Homes Waterside employmentStructure editThe Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Interior 1 Notes edit a b c CA 27 Department of the Interior I Central Administration National Archives of Australia retrieved 11 December 2013 permanent dead link ArchivesACT 1964 pp 1 8 References and further reading editA short history of the Department of the Interior PDF ArchivesACT 1964 archived from the original PDF on 11 May 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 the Interior 1932 1939 amp oldid 1199654831, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
