21st Parliament
Elected 29 May 1954 · first met 4 August 1954 · dissolved 4 November 1955
The changes below took effect from its election on 29 May 1954 to 9 December 1955, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Robert Menzies (Liberal)
Changes
2
1 merged from1 split from
Departments of State
0 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
3 / 3
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1955, when 2 changes landed on one day.
What was happening
- Malayan Emergency · June 1950 to 31 July 1960 · Australian involvement, from the first RAAF deployment to the end of the Emergency. (War or armed conflict)
Other bodies created (3)
- Directorate of Civil Defence 1955–1974
- Weapons Research Establishment 1955–1978
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands Administration 1955–present
Other bodies ended (3)
- Long Range Weapons Establishment 1947–1955
- Royal Commission on Television 1953–1954
- Royal Commission on Espionage 1954–1955
Every change (2)
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1955
- Department of the Interior part split off to form Directorate of Civil Defence
- Long Range Weapons Establishment merged into Weapons Research Establishment