23rd Parliament
Elected 22 November 1958 · first met 17 February 1959 · dissolved 2 November 1961
The changes below took effect from its election on 22 November 1958 to 8 December 1961, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Robert Menzies (Liberal)
Changes
13
4 renamed from3 merged from1 absorbed3 split from1 took over functions from1 replaced
Departments of State
0 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
10 / 10
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1960, when 4 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 (10)
- Australian Services Canteens Organisation 1959–1979
- Australian Universities Commission 1959–1977
- Northern Territory Housing Commission 1959–1978
- Commonwealth Police Force 1960–1979
- Commonwealth Banking Corporation 1960–1984
- Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia 1960–1991
- Reserve Bank of Australia 1960–present
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission 1961–1991
- Commonwealth Archives Office 1961–1974
- National Library of Australia 1961–present
Other bodies ended (10)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1911–1960
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1916–1961
- Commonwealth National Library 1923–1961
- Canberra University College 1929–1960
- Australian Army Canteens Service 1941–1959
- Peace Officer Guard 1942–1960
- Universities Commission 1943–1959
- Australian Aluminium Production Commission 1944–1960
- Commonwealth Investigation Service 1946–1960
- Archives Division, Commonwealth National Library 1952–1961
Every change (13)
Show every change, day by day
14 January 1960
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia part split off to form Commonwealth Banking Corporation
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia part split off to form Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia renamed to Reserve Bank of Australia
1960
- Qantas Empire Airways Limited functions transferred to Australian National Airlines Commission
- Canberra University College absorbed into Australian National University
- Commonwealth Investigation Service merged into Commonwealth Police Force
- Peace Officer Guard merged into Commonwealth Police Force