Department of the Northern Territory
22 December 1975 – 28 September 1978
Previously Department of Northern Australia (1975).
Department of State responsible for the Commonwealth's administration of the Northern Territory and for preparing the transfer of powers to the Territory's own government at self-government in 1978.
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 22 December 1975, replacing the Department of Northern Australia, whose Northern Territory functions it continued; Evan Adermann was Minister for the Northern Territory.
- Administration of the Northern Territory
- Northern Territory Police
Changes during its life
- 1 July 1978The Northern Territory gained self-government under the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978, and the department's administrative functions passed progressively to the Northern Territory Government.
How it ended
Abolished on 28 September 1978, after the Northern Territory gained self-government on 1 July 1978 and most functions passed to the Northern Territory Government; the remaining Commonwealth responsibility for the Territory's constitutional development went to the Department of Home Affairs.
- Constitutional development of the Northern Territory
- Remaining Commonwealth responsibilities for the Northern Territory after self-government
Main functions
- Administration of the Northern Territory (Northern Territory Administration)
- Northern Territory lands, police and public services
- Arrangements for Northern Territory self-government
- Completion of the reconstruction of Darwin (Darwin Reconstruction Commission)
Bodies in this portfolio (4)
- Northern Territory Police Force 1911–1978
- Northern Territory Administration 1931–1978
- Northern Territory Housing Commission 1959–1978
- Darwin Reconstruction Commission 1975–1978
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