Department of the Environment [II], Central Office (1997 - 1998)

Summary

Previously the Department of Environment, Sport and Territories, the Department of Environment was established on 9 October 1997. The Department existed for just over a year and was responsible for the control of various agencies including the Bureau of Meteorology, Antarctic Division, Environment Protection Authority, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Heritage Commission. The Department was replaced by the Department of the Environment and Heritage on 21 October 1998.

Related entries

Timeline

 1901 - 1916 Department of Home Affairs [I], Central Office
       1916 - 1928 Department of Home and Territories, Central Office
             1928 - 1932 Department of Home Affairs [II], Central Office
                   1932 - 1939 Department of the Interior [I], Central Administration
                         1939 - 1972 Department of the Interior [II], Central Office
                               1972 - 1975 Department of Environment and Conservation
                               1972 - 1975 Department of Science [I], Central Office
                                     1975 Department of the Environment [I]
                                     1975 Department of Science and Consumer Affairs, Central Office
                                           1975 - 1978 Department of Science [II], Central Office
                                           1975 - 1978 Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development
                                                 1978 - 1980 Department of Science and the Environment, Central Office
                                                       1978 - 1980 Department of Science and the Environment, Central Office
                                                       1980 - 1984 Department of Science and Technology, Central Office
                                                             1980 - 1984 Department of Home Affairs and Environment
                                                             1984 - 1987 Department of Science [III], Central Office
                                                                   1984 - 1987 Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment
                                                                   1987 - 1993 Department of Administrative Services [III], Central Office
                                                                         1987 - 1991 Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, Central Office
                                                                               1991 - 1993 Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Central Office
                                                                                     1993 - 1997 Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Central Office
                                                                                           1997 - 1998 Department of the Environment [II], Central Office
                                                                                                 1998 - Department of the Environment and Heritage

Published resources

Resources

• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477260. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Primary description of agency CA 8479; Department of the Environment [II], Central Office. Registration of entity: 12 November 1997', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%208479. Details