Department of Trade and Industry (Australia)

Department of Trade and Industry

Department overview
Formed	17 December 1963
Preceding Department	Department of Trade (I)
Dissolved	19 December 1972
Superseding agency	Department of Tourism and Recreation - for tourism Department of Overseas Trade Department of Secondary Industry - for the Office of Secondary Industry Department of Transport (III) Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - for the Tariff Board
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	John McEwen, Minister (1963‑71) Doug Anthony, Minister (1971‑72) Gough Whitlam, Minister (December 1972)
Department executives	Alan Westerman, Secretary (1963‑71) Doug McKay, Secretary (1971‑72)

Department of Overseas Trade
Department of Secondary Industry - for the Office of Secondary Industry
Department of Transport (III)

The Department of Trade and Industry was an Australian government department that existed between December 1963 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.

The 1964 Government Directory, reproduced by the National Archives of Australia, stated that the Department dealt with:

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Trade and Industry.

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