Department of Markets (1930–32)

Department of Markets
Department overview
Formed 21 April 1930[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 13 April 1932[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Melbourne
Ministers responsible
Department executive

The Department of Markets was an Australian government department that existed between April 1930 and April 1932. It was the second so-named Australian Government department.

Scope

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][2]

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Markets, Parker Moloney until January 1932 and then Charles Hawker.[1]

The Secretary of the Department was Edward Joseph.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 CA 25: Department of Markets [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 31 December 2013
  2. Order. Administrative Arrangements (PDF), Australian Government, 1 May 1930, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014


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