11th Parliament
Elected 17 November 1928 · first met 6 February 1929 · dissolved 16 September 1929
The changes below took effect from its election on 17 November 1928 to 11 October 1929, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Stanley Bruce (Nationalist)
Changes
6
1 renamed from3 split from1 took over functions from1 replaced
Departments of State
3 / 2
created / abolished
Other bodies
6 / 3
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 10 December 1928, when 5 changes landed on one day.
What was happening
- Great Depression · October 1929 to December 1933 · Unemployment peaks at about a third of the workforce in 1932. (Pandemic or economic crisis)
Departments of State created (3)
- Department of Home Affairs 1928–1932
- Department of Industry 1928–1940
- Department of Markets and Transport 1928–1930
Departments of State abolished (2)
- Department of Home and Territories 1916–1928
- Department of Markets 1928
Other bodies created (6)
- Assessment Appeal Tribunals 1929–1979
- Canberra University College 1929–1960
- Commonwealth Radium Laboratory 1929–1935
- War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal 1929–1979
- Wine Overseas Marketing Board 1929–1936
- Royal Commission on the Coal Industry 1929
Other bodies ended (3)
Every change (6)
Show every change, day by day
1929
- Department of Health part split off to form Commonwealth Radium Laboratory
10 December 1928
- Department of Home and Territories replaced by Department of Home Affairs
- Attorney-General's Department part split off to form Department of Industry
- Department of Markets renamed to Department of Markets and Transport
- Department of Trade and Customs part split off to form Department of Markets and Transport
- Department of Home and Territories functions transferred to Prime Minister's Department