Department of Immigration
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Department overview | |
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Formed | 13 July 1945[1] |
Preceding Department | |
Dissolved | 12 June 1974[1] |
Superseding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Department executives |
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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
- ^ a b c d CA 51: Department of Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013