24th Parliament
Elected 9 December 1961 · first met 20 February 1962 · dissolved 1 November 1963
The changes below took effect from its election on 9 December 1961 to 29 November 1963, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Robert Menzies (Liberal)
Changes
2
1 split from1 replaced
Departments of State
0 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
6 / 2
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
What was happening
- Vietnam War · 3 August 1962 to 11 January 1973 · From the arrival of the Australian Army Training Team to the proclamation ending Australian involvement. (War or armed conflict)
- Indonesian Confrontation · 1963 to 11 August 1966 · Australian forces serve in Borneo and on the Malay Peninsula. (War or armed conflict)
Other bodies created (6)
- Australian Honey Board 1962–1987
- Special Advisory Authority 1962–1974
- Royal Commission on alleged improper practices and improper refusal to co-operate with the Victoria Police Force on the part of persons employed in the Postmaster-General's Department in Victoria in relation to illegal gambling 1962–1963
- Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority 1963–1988
- Decimal Currency Board 1963–1969
- Australian Wool Board 1963–1973
Other bodies ended (2)
Every change (2)
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1963
- Department of the Interior part split off to form Australian Capital Territory Electricity Authority