Transport & infrastructureDepartment of State
Department of Shipping and Fuel
6 April 1948 – 16 March 1950
Post-war Department of State responsible for coastal shipping and the Commonwealth's merchant fleet, navigation and lighthouses, shipbuilding, and the supply and rationing of coal and liquid fuels.
How it came into existence
Formed on 6 April 1948 by Administrative Arrangements Order from the shipping, navigation and fuel functions of the Department of Supply and Shipping, which was abolished that day.
- Shipping
- Navigation and lighthouses
- Coal and liquid fuel
How it ended
Merged with the Department of Transport on 16 March 1950 to form the Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport.
- Shipping
- Navigation and lighthouses
- Coal and liquid fuel
Main functions
- Shipping control and the Commonwealth's merchant fleet (Australian Shipping Board)
- Navigation, lighthouses and aids to navigation
- Merchant shipbuilding
- Coal supply
- Liquid fuel supply and petrol rationing
Bodies in this portfolio (1)
- Commonwealth Liquid Fuel Control Board 1940–1950
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