Department of Immigration
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 13 July 1945[1] |
| Preceding Department | Department of the Interior (II) |
| Dissolved | 12 June 1974[1] |
| Superseding agency |
Department of Labor and Immigration - for immigration |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Department 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/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 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 CA 51: Department of Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013