Department of Defence Support
7 May 1982 – 13 December 1984
Department of State responsible for defence production and industry: the government ordnance, explosives, small arms, clothing and aircraft factories, the Garden Island and Williamstown naval dockyards, defence purchasing and the development of Australian defence industry.
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 7 May 1982 to bring defence production and support into one department. It took the government defence factories and the Government Aircraft Factories from the Department of Industry and Commerce, the naval dockyards and defence industry development from the Department of Defence, and defence purchasing from the Department of Administrative Services.
- Government ordnance, explosives, small arms and clothing factories
- Government Aircraft Factories
- Defence-related manufacturing
- Naval dockyards at Garden Island and Williamstown
- Defence industry development
- Defence purchasing
How it ended
Abolished on 13 December 1984, when its functions were absorbed into the Department of Defence; the factories and dockyards were grouped there as the Office of Defence Production.
- Defence factories and dockyards (Office of Defence Production)
- Defence purchasing
- Defence industry development
- Government defence factories and dockyards
Main functions
- Government ordnance, explosives, ammunition, small arms and clothing factories
- Government Aircraft Factories
- Naval dockyards at Garden Island (Sydney) and Williamstown (Melbourne)
- Defence purchasing
- Development of Australian defence industry capability
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 11 March 1983 (sets it out)
Other sources
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