Department of Northern Australia

Department of Northern Australia

Department overview
Formed	6 June 1975
Preceding Department	Department of Northern Development Department of the Northern Territory (I)
Dissolved	22 December 1975
Superseding agency	Department of the Northern Territory (II)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Rex Patterson, Minister (Jun‑Oct 1975) Paul Keating, Minister (Oct‑Nov 1975) Ian Sinclair, Minister (Nov‑Dec 1975)
Department executive	Allan O'Brien, Secretary

The Department of Northern Australia was an Australian government department that existed between June and December 1975.

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 report.

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 Northern Australia. The permanent head of the department was Allan O'Brien, initially based in Darwin and later based in Canberra.

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