Agency Name: | Department of Transport |
Formed: | 21 April 1930 |
Preceding1: | Department of Markets and Transport – for assisted migration from Britain; Co-ordination of transport, Commonwealth railways, War service homes Department of Home Affairs (II) – for Australian Capital Territory transport |
Dissolved: | 12 April 1932 |
Superseding: | Department of Commerce – for navigation, shipping and lighthouses Department of the Interior (I) – for internal transport; War service homes; Waterside employment Prime Minister's Department – for shipping services for territories |
Type: | Department |
Jurisdiction: | Commonwealth of Australia |
Minister1 Name: | Parker Moloney |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister for Transport (1930–1932) |
Minister2 Name: | Archdale Parkhill |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister for Transport (1932) |
Chief1 Name: | Herbert Charles Brown |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
Headquarters: | Melbourne |
The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between April 1930 and April 1932.
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 was responsible for the following:
The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Transport, Parker Moloney until January 1932 and then Archdale Parkhill.
The secretary of the department was Herbert Charles Brown.