Department of Transport (1930–32)

Department of Transport
Department overview
Formed 21 April 1930[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved 12 April 1932[1]
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters Melbourne
Ministers responsible
Department executive

The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between April 1930 and April 1932.

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]

Structure

The Department was an 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 CA 26: Department of Transport [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 2 December 2013


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