Department of Primary Industry (1956–74)

The Department of Primary Industry was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and June 1974.

Department of Primary Industry
Department overview
Formed11 January 1956[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved12 June 1974[1]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersBarton, Canberra
Ministers responsible
Department executives

Scope

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

At the department's creation the department was responsible for the administration of Commonwealth policy on agricultural production, including responsibility for export inspection services, fisheries development and whaling.[1]

Among other things, the department was tasked with developing price stabilization and marketing plans for many agricultural commodities, including wheat.[2]

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Primary Industry.[1]

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gollark: Oxen, too.
gollark: Especially with people insisting it's either "octopi" or "octopoda", which are both wrong.
gollark: You know what's a mess? English plurals.
gollark: I think we still kind of have that in basically all modern memory - the intersection of the cell, row and column or whatever gets written to.

References
  1. CA 63: Department of Primary Industry [I], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 27 December 2013
  2. Drinkwater, Derek (2000), Moroney, James Vincent (Jim) (1898–1965), Australian National University, archived from the original on 5 February 2014


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