4th Parliament
Elected 13 April 1910 · first met 1 July 1910 · dissolved 23 April 1913
The changes below took effect from its election on 13 April 1910 to 30 May 1913, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Alfred Deakin (Commonwealth Liberal)
- Andrew Fisher (Labor)
Changes
8
7 split from1 replaced
Departments of State
1 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
23 / 5
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
1
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1912, when 3 changes landed on one day.
Departments of State created (1)
- Prime Minister's Department 1911–1971
Other bodies created (23)
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- Federal Land Tax Office 1910–1914
- Royal Commission on Tasmanian Customs Leakage 1910–1911
- Aboriginals Department 1911–1939
- Commonwealth Vaccine Depot 1911–1916
- Northern Territory Administration 1911–1927
- Northern Territory Police Force 1911–1978
- Australian Commonwealth Naval Board 1911–1976
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1911–1927
- Commonwealth Harness, Saddlery and Leather Accoutrements Factory 1911–1929
- Royal Commission on the Sugar Industry 1911–1912
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1911–1960
- Administrator of the Federal Capital Territory 1912–1917
- Commonwealth Art Advisory Board 1912–1973
- Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory 1912–1989
- Commonwealth Small Arms Factory 1912–1989
- Royal Commission on the Pearl-Shelling Industry 1912–1916
- Royal Commission on the Fruit Industry 1912–1914
- Inter-State Commission 1913–1920
- Note Printing Branch 1913–1998
- Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Certain Charges against Mr. Henry Chinn 1913
- Commonwealth Naval Dockyard 1913–1921
- Royal Commission on Northern Territory Railways and Ports 1913–1914
- Cinema and Photographic Branch 1913–1940
Other bodies ended (5)
- Naval Board 1905–1911
- Royal Commission on Postal Services 1908–1910
- Royal Commission on Insurance 1908–1910
- Royal Commission on Tasmanian Customs Leakage 1910–1911
- Royal Commission on the Sugar Industry 1911–1912
Administrative Arrangements Orders made
- Order of 4 April 1912 · Federal Register of Legislation
Every change (8)
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1913
- Department of the Treasury part split off to form Note Printing Branch
1912
- Department of Home Affairs part split off to form Administrator of the Federal Capital Territory
- Department of Defence part split off to form Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory
- Department of Defence part split off to form Commonwealth Small Arms Factory
September 1911
- Department of Defence part split off to form Commonwealth Harness, Saddlery and Leather Accoutrements Factory
1 July 1911
- Department of External Affairs part split off to form Prime Minister's Department
November 1910
- Department of the Treasury part split off to form Federal Land Tax Office