Department of Immigration

Australian government department, 1945–1974

  • Department of the Interior (II)
Dissolved12 June 1974[1]Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of AustraliaDepartment executives
  • Tasman Heyes, Secretary (1946–1961)
  • Peter Heydon, Secretary (1961–1971)
  • Bob Armstrong, Secretary (1971–1974)

The Department of Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1974.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department's functions were:[1]

  • Admission of contract immigrants
  • Deportation and Registration of Aliens
  • Emigration of Children and Aboriginals
  • Encouraged migration
  • Immigration
  • Indentured coloured labor
  • Nationality and Naturalization
  • Passports
  • Publication of Newspapers in foreign languages
  • Repatriation of destitute Australians

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d CA 51: Department of Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 29 December 2013, retrieved 29 December 2013
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