Department of Transport (1930–32)

Department of Transport

Department overview
Formed	21 April 1930
Preceding Department	Department of Markets and Transport - for assisted migration from Britain; Co-ordination of transport; Commonwealth railways; War service homes Department of Home Affairs (II) - for Australian Capital Territory transport
Dissolved	12 April 1932
Superseding agency	Department of Commerce - for navigation, shipping and lighthouses Department of the Interior (I) - for internal transport; War service homes; Waterside employment Prime Minister's Department - for shipping services for territories
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Ministers responsible	Parker Moloney, Minister for Transport (1930-32) Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Transport (1932)
Department executive	Herbert Charles Brown, Secretary

Department of the Interior (I) - for internal transport; War service homes; Waterside employment

The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between April 1930 and April 1932.

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 was responsible for the following:

The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Transport, Parker Moloney until January 1932 and then Archdale Parkhill.

The Secretary of the Department was Herbert Charles Brown.

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