9th Parliament
Elected 16 December 1922 · first met 28 February 1923 · dissolved 3 October 1925
The changes below took effect from its election on 16 December 1922 to 13 November 1925, the day before the next election, so they count the work of the government it produced.
- Billy Hughes (Nationalist)
- Stanley Bruce (Nationalist)
Changes
11
1 renamed from1 absorbed6 split from3 replaced
Departments of State
1 / 0
created / abolished
Other bodies
22 / 15
created / ended
Administrative Arrangements Orders
0
on the Federal Register, which holds few orders before 2001
The biggest reshuffle took effect on 1 January 1925, when 3 changes landed on one day.
Departments of State created (1)
- Department of Markets and Migration 1925–1928
Other bodies created (22)
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- Commonwealth National Library 1923–1961
- National Debt Commission 1923–1994
- Public Service Board 1923–1987
- Royal Commission on the Circumstances Attending the Supposed Loss at Sea of the Steamship "Sumatra" 1923
- Royal Commission in connection with Sugar Purchases by the Commonwealth through Mr. W. E. Davies in September and October, 1920 1923
- Royal Commission in connection with Joinery Supplied to the War Service Homes Commissioner in March, 1920 1923
- Royal Commission on National Insurance 1923–1927
- Royal Commission on the Navigation Act 1923–1925
- Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1924–1945
- Dried Fruits Control Board 1924–1979
- National Museum of Australian Zoology 1924–1931
- Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong 1924–1989
- Royal Commission on the Method for Determining the Unimproved Value of Land Held under Crown Leases 1924–1925
- Royal Commission on the Assessment of War Service Disabilities 1924
- Royal Commission to Inquire into Extracts from the Reports in Parliamentary Debates of Speeches made by Mr. Scullin in the House of Representatives on 7th and 19th August, 1924, in relation to Land Tax Matters 1924–1925
- Royal Commission on the Finances of Western Australia, as Affected by Federation 1924–1925
- Australian War Memorial 1925–present
- Commonwealth Forestry Bureau 1925–1946
- Dairy Produce Control Board 1925–1935
- Federal Capital Commission 1925–1930
- Taxation Boards of Review 1925–1986
- Royal Commission on Health 1925
Other bodies ended (15)
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- Office of the Public Service Commissioner 1902–1923
- Commonwealth Woollen Mills 1915–1923
- Australian War Museum 1919–1925
- Notes Board 1920–1924
- Royal Commission on Taxation 1920–1923
- Federal Capital Advisory Committee 1921–1925
- Federal Taxation Board of Appeal 1922–1925
- Royal Commission on the Circumstances Attending the Supposed Loss at Sea of the Steamship "Sumatra" 1923
- Royal Commission in connection with Sugar Purchases by the Commonwealth through Mr. W. E. Davies in September and October, 1920 1923
- Royal Commission in connection with Joinery Supplied to the War Service Homes Commissioner in March, 1920 1923
- Royal Commission on the Navigation Act 1923–1925
- Royal Commission on the Method for Determining the Unimproved Value of Land Held under Crown Leases 1924–1925
- Royal Commission on the Assessment of War Service Disabilities 1924
- Royal Commission to Inquire into Extracts from the Reports in Parliamentary Debates of Speeches made by Mr. Scullin in the House of Representatives on 7th and 19th August, 1924, in relation to Land Tax Matters 1924–1925
- Royal Commission on the Finances of Western Australia, as Affected by Federation 1924–1925
Every change (11)
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16 January 1925
- Department of Trade and Customs part split off to form Department of Markets and Migration
- Prime Minister's Department part split off to form Department of Markets and Migration
1 January 1925
- Federal Capital Advisory Committee replaced by Federal Capital Commission
- Department of Works and Railways part split off to form Federal Capital Commission
- Department of Home and Territories part split off to form Federal Capital Commission
1924
- Notes Board absorbed into Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Department of Defence part split off to form Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong
1923
- Department of the Parliamentary Library part split off to form Commonwealth National Library
- Office of the Public Service Commissioner replaced by Public Service Board