Department of Immigration

Department of Immigration
Department overview
Formed13 July 1945[1]
Preceding Department
Dissolved12 June 1974[1]
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
Department executives

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, retrieved 29 December 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)


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