Department of Home Affairs (1928–32)

Department of Home Affairs

Department overview
Formed	10 December 1928
Preceding Department	Department of Home and Territories
Dissolved	12 April 1932
Superseding agency	Department of the Interior (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Aubrey Abbott, Minister (1928‑29) Arthur Blakeley, Minister (1929‑32) Archdale Parkhill, Minister (1932)
Department executives	William Clemens, Secretary (1928) Percy Deane, Secretary (1929‑32)

The Department of Home Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between 1928 and 1932. It was the second so-named Australian Government department.

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 dealt with:

The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs.

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