Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport
16 March 1950 – 11 May 1951
Renamed Department of Shipping and Transport in 1951.
Short-lived Department of State combining responsibility for shipping, navigation and lighthouses, coal and liquid fuel, and land transport including the Commonwealth Railways.
Names over time
- Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport1950–1951
- Department of Shipping and Transport1951–1972
- Department of Transport1972–1982
How it came into existence
Formed on 16 March 1950 by Administrative Arrangements Order in the Menzies government's reorganisation of departments, merging the Department of Shipping and Fuel and the Department of Transport, with Senator George McLeay as minister.
- Shipping
- Navigation and lighthouses
- Coal and liquid fuel
- Commonwealth Railways
- Land transport co-ordination
- Railway standardisation
How it ended
Divided on 11 May 1951: its fuel functions passed to the Department of National Development, and shipping and transport continued in the renamed Department of Shipping and Transport.
- Coal and liquid fuel
- Shipping
- Navigation and lighthouses
- Shipbuilding
- Commonwealth Railways and land transport
Main functions
- Shipping and the Commonwealth's merchant fleet
- Navigation, lighthouses and aids to navigation
- Merchant shipbuilding
- Coal and liquid fuel
- Commonwealth Railways and railway standardisation
- Land transport
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 16 November 1950 (sets it out)
Some dates or links for this organisation are not fully confirmed. Corrections are welcome.