Department of Northern Australia
6 June 1975 – 22 December 1975
Renamed Department of the Northern Territory in 1975.
Department of State responsible for the administration of the Northern Territory and for the development of northern Australia, including the reconstruction of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy.
Names over time
- Department of Northern Australia1975
- Department of the Northern Territory1975–1978
How it came into existence
Created by the Administrative Arrangements Order of 6 June 1975, merging the Department of Northern Development and the Department of the Northern Territory, both already under Rex Patterson, who became Minister for Northern Australia. Paul Keating held the portfolio from 21 October to 11 November 1975, and Ian Sinclair in the caretaker ministry that followed.
- Northern development
- Administration of the Northern Territory
How it ended
Renamed the Department of the Northern Territory by the Fraser government on 22 December 1975; the new department continued its Northern Territory administration functions.
- Administration of the Northern Territory
Main functions
- Administration of the Northern Territory
- Northern development policy
- Reconstruction of Darwin (Darwin Reconstruction Commission)
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 22 December 1975 (took effect as it ended)
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