Department of Home and Territories
The Department of Home and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between November 1916 and December 1928.
Scope
Information about the department's functions and 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 dealt with:
- Astronomy
- Census and statistics
- Elections
- Franchise
- Immigration and emigration
- Influx of criminals
- Lands and surveys
- Meteorology
- Naturalization and aliens
- Pearl shelling and trepang fisheries in Australian waters beyond territorial limits
- People of races for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws
- Seat of government
- Territories forming part of the Commonwealth
Structure