Department of Services and Property

Department of Services and Property
Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts – for control of land and property outside Australia ; Department of Labour and National Service – for union ballots ; Department of the Interior (II) – for electoral and property and survey matters ; Department of Works (III) – for Commonwealth Fire Board;
Dissolved	7 October 1975
Superseding Department	Department of Urban and Regional Development – for control, use and management of land and property, engineering and topographical surveys ; Department of Administrative Services (I) – for all other functions;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Fred Daly, Minister;
Department executives	George Warwick Smith, Acting Secretary (1972–1973); Maurice Timbs, Secretary (1973–1975);

The Department of Services and Property was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and October 1975.

Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts – for control of land and property outside Australia Department of Labour and National Service – for union ballots Department of the Interior (II) – for electoral and property and survey matters Department of Works (III) – for Commonwealth Fire Board
Dissolved	7 October 1975^[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Urban and Regional Development – for control, use and management of land and property, engineering and topographical surveys Department of Administrative Services (I) – for all other functions
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Fred Daly, Minister
Department executives	George Warwick Smith, Acting Secretary (1972–1973) Maurice Timbs, Secretary (1973–1975)