Department of Home Affairs
10 December 1928 – 12 April 1932
The second Department of Home Affairs, responsible for the Northern Territory (then divided into North Australia and Central Australia) and the Federal Capital Territory, together with elections, immigration, census and statistics and meteorology.
How it came into existence
Created on 10 December 1928 by the Bruce–Page government to replace the Department of Home and Territories, taking over its domestic and internal territory functions; under the Administrative Arrangements Order signed on 11 December 1928 the external territories went to the Prime Minister's Department and the Department of External Affairs.
- Northern Territory and Federal Capital Territory administration
- Elections
- Immigration
- Census and statistics
- Meteorology
Changes during its life
- Civic administration of the Federal Capital Territory
- Development planning for North and Central Australia
How it ended
Abolished on 12 April 1932 by the Lyons government and merged with the Department of Works and Railways and the Department of Transport into the new Department of the Interior; census and statistics went to the Treasury.
- Territory administration
- Elections
- Immigration
- Meteorology
- Census and statistics (Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics)
Main functions
- Administration of North Australia and Central Australia (reunited as the Northern Territory in 1931)
- Federal Capital Territory administration
- Elections
- Immigration restriction and naturalisation
- Census and statistics
- Meteorology
Bodies in this portfolio (6)
- Federal Capital Commission 1925–1930
- North Australia Commission 1927–1930
- Government Resident of Central Australia 1927–1931
- Government Resident of North Australia 1927–1931
- Supreme Court of Central Australia 1927–1931
- Supreme Court of North Australia 1927–1931
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Sources
Government records and websites
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