Department of Immigration

Department of Immigration
Department overview
Formed	13 July 1945[1]
Preceding Department	Department of the Interior (II);
Dissolved	12 June 1974[1]
Superseding agency	Department of Labor and Immigration - for immigration; Department of Foreign Affairs - for visa functions;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Department executives	Tasman Heyes, Secretary (1946‑1961); Peter Heydon, Secretary (1961‑1971); Bob Armstrong, Secretary (1971‑1974);

The Department of Immigration was an Australian government department that existed between July 1945 and June 1974.

Scope

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's functions were:[1]

Admission of contract immigrants
Deportation and Registration of Aliens
Emigration of Children and Aboriginals
Encouraged migration
Immigration
Indentured coloured labor
Nationality and Naturalization
Passports
Publication of Newspapers in foreign languages
Repatriation of destitute Australians

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Immigration.[1]

References

CA 51: Department of Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013

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[NAA_CA_51-1] CA 51: Department of Immigration, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 29 December 2013