Department of Home Affairs (1901–1916)

Australian government department, 1901–1916

Department of Home Affairs
Department overview
Formed	1 January 1901
Dissolved	14 November 1916
Superseding Department	Department of Works and Railways – for public works, railways, rivers Department of Home and Territories – for all other functions
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Ministers responsible	William Lyne, Minister (1901–1903) John Forrest, Minister (1903–1904) Lee Batchelor, Minister (1904) Dugald Thomson, Minister (1904–1905) Littleton Groom, Minister (1905–1906) Thomas Ewing, Minister (1906–1907) John Keating, Minister (1907–1908) Hugh Mahon, Minister (1908–1909)
Department executive	David Miller, Secretary

The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1916. It was one of seven inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation.

Scope

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.

At its creation, the Department dealt with:

Old-age pensions
People of special races
Acquisition of property
Acquisition of railways with state consent
Control of railways with state consent
Astronomical
Census and statistics
Public works
Federal capital
Interstate commissions
Elections
Public service

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs.

References

^ CA 8: Department of Home Affairs [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 27 December 2013

This Australian government-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: