Corporate Body
New South Wales Department of Agriculture (1908 - 2004)
State of New South Wales
- From
- 22 January 1908
New South Wales, Australia - To
- 2004
- Functions
- Agricultural industry and Advisory or regulatory body
- Alternative Names
- DPI (Abbreviation, 2004 - )
- New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Subsequent name, 2004 - )
- NSW Agriculture
- Website
- http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture
- Reference No
- SRNSW: Agency 543
- Legal Status
- Agency of the State of New South Wales
- Location
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
The NSW Department of Agriculture was formed out of the existing "sub-department" in the Department of Mines and Agriculture in 1907 through an Act of Parliament. It commenced formal operations early in 1908. The Department administers policy and Acts of Parliament relating to rural industries including scientific research, industry education and extension.
Details
In 2004 the Department of Agriculture merged with other New South Wales government agencies to form the Department of Primary Industries. The other agencies were the Department of Mineral Resources, NSW Fisheries, the Forestry Commission, and State Forests. In 2009 the Department of Primary industries was amalgamated into the Department of Industry and Investment, and now exists as a department in the Department of Regional NSW.
Related entries
Timeline
1856 - 1859 New South Wales Department of Lands and Public Works
1859 - 1981 New South Wales Department of Lands
1874 - 1891 New South Wales Department of Mines
1891 - 1908 New South Wales Department of Mines and Agriculture
1908 - 2004 New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Mylrea, P.J., In the Service of Agriculture: a Centennial History of the New South Wales Deprtment of Agriculture, 1890-1990 (Sydney: NSW Agriculture, 1990), 282 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477263. Details
Resource Sections
- State Records of New South Wales, 'Agency AGY-543: Department of Agriculture [I], 22 Jan 1908 - 16 Mar 1983', in Archives Investigator, July 2000, https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ORGANISATIONS1000662&context=L&vid=61SRA. Details
See also
- Atchison, John, 'Magee, Charles Joseph Patrick (1901-1989), Agricultural Scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 112-3. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/magee-charles-joseph-14755. Details
- Green, Lindsay, 'Noble, Robert Jackson (1894-1981), Agricultural Scientist and Public Servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), p. 225. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/noble-robert-jackson-14994. Details
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