Transport & infrastructureDepartment of State
Department of Works
4 June 1952 – 30 November 1973
Previously Department of Works and Housing (1945–1952).
Department of State responsible for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of Commonwealth works and buildings, including defence works, throughout Australia and its territories.
Names over time
- Department of Works1945
- Department of Works and Housing1945–1952
- Department of Works1952–1973
How it came into existence
Established on 4 June 1952 by the order of the Governor-General that abolished the Department of Works and Housing, whose housing functions passed to the Department of National Development; W. S. Kent Hughes was minister.
- Commonwealth works
- Building research
How it ended
Merged with the Department of Housing on 30 November 1973 to form the Department of Housing and Construction.
- Commonwealth works design and construction
- Maintenance of Commonwealth buildings
Main functions
- Design and construction of Commonwealth buildings and works
- Maintenance of Commonwealth works
- Defence works such as airfields and bases
- Construction in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory
- Building research (Commonwealth Experimental Building Station)
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Sources
Primary sources
- Administrative Arrangements Order of 19 December 1972 (sets it out)
Other sources
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