Department of Transport (1941–1950)

Department of Transport
Department overview
Formed	26 June 1941
Preceding agencies	Department of the Interior – for financial assistance to the states for roads and works; Department of Commerce – for transport research;
Dissolved	16 March 1950
Superseding Department	Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Department executives	Frank Murphy, Secretary (1941–1943); Richard John Murphy, Secretary (1943–1948); A.W. Paul, Secretary (1948–1950);

The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between June 1941 and March 1950.

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The department was created after Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that, due to the war position, it was essential for a Commonwealth executive authority to be established to address both road and rail internal transport problems.^[1] It was established by an Administrative Arrangements Order made on 26 June 1941, the order also established the Department of Aircraft Production, the Department of War Organization of Industry, the Department of Home Security and the Department of External Territories.^[2]

References

[NAA_CA_44-1] [1]
CA 44: Department of Transport [II], Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 18 June 2013

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Administrative Arrangements Order made on 26 June 1941 (PDF), 26 June 1941, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2013

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