Department of Education and Science (Australia)

Department of Education and Science

Department overview
Formed	13 December 1966
Preceding Department	Department of Territories (I) - for education in the NT Department of the Interior (II) - for education in the ACT and Jervis Bay Prime Minister's Department - for the Education Division and the Office of Education
Dissolved	19 December 1972
Superseding agency	Department of Education (I) Department of Science (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Department executives	John Bunting, Secretary (1966‑67) Hugh Ennor, Secretary (1967‑72)

Department of the Interior (II) - for education in the ACT and Jervis Bay

The Department of Education and Science was an Australian government department that existed between December 1966 and December 1972.

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:

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Education and Science.

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