Department of Works and Housing

Department of Works and Housing

Department overview
Formed	13 July 1945
Preceding Department	Department of Works (II)
Dissolved	4 June 1952
Superseding agency	Department of Works (III)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Ministers responsible	Bert Lazzarini, Minister (1945‑46) Nelson Lemmon, Minister (1946‑49) Richard Casey, Minister (1949‑51) Wilfrid Kent Hughes, Minister (1951‑52)
Department executive	Louis Loder, Secretary

The Department of Works and Housing was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1952.

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 functions of the Department were listed at its creation as:

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

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