Department of External Territories (1941–51)

Department of External Territories

Department overview
Formed	26 June 1941
Preceding Department	Prime Minister's Department - the Territories Branch
Dissolved	11 May 1951
Superseding agency	Department of Territories (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Barton, Canberra
Ministers responsible	Allan McDonald, Minister (1941) James Fraser, Minister (1941‑43) Eddie Ward, Minister (1943‑49) Percy Spender, Minister (1949‑51) Richard Casey, Minister (1951)
Department executives	Frank Strahan, Secretary (1941‑44) James Reginald Halligan, Secretary (1944‑51)

The Department of External Territories was an Australian government department that existed between June 1941 and May 1951.

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.

The matters dealt with by the department at its creation were:

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

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