Prime Minister's Department (Australia)

Prime Minister's Department
Department overview
Formed	1 July 1911
Dissolved	12 March 1971
Superseding Department	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Prime Minister of Australia;
Department executives	Malcolm Shepherd, Secretary (1912–1921); Percy Deane, Secretary (1921–1928); John G. McLaren, Secretary (1929–1933); John Henry Starling, Secretary (1933–1935); Frank Strahan, Secretary (1935–1949); Allen S. Brown, Secretary (1949–1958); John Bunting, Secretary (1959–1968); Lenox Hewitt, Secretary (1968–1971);

The Prime Minister's Department was an Australian government department that existed between July 1911 and March 1971.

^ ^a ^b CA 12: Prime Minister's Department, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 27 December 2013

Department overview
Formed	1 July 1911^[1]
Dissolved	12 March 1971^[1]
Superseding Department	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Minister responsible	Prime Minister of Australia
Department executives	Malcolm Shepherd, Secretary (1912–1921) Percy Deane, Secretary (1921–1928) John G. McLaren, Secretary (1929–1933) John Henry Starling, Secretary (1933–1935) Frank Strahan, Secretary (1935–1949) Allen S. Brown, Secretary (1949–1958) John Bunting, Secretary (1959–1968) Lenox Hewitt, Secretary (1968–1971)