Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts

Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts
Department overview
Formed31 May 1971[1]
Dissolved19 December 1972[1]
Superseding Department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Ministers responsible
Department executive

The Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts was an Australian government department that existed between May 1971 and December 1972.

The department, created by the McMahon government, was a collection of three areas that had previously been handled by other departments or government agencies. These included the Department of the Interior, the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council, and the Office of Aboriginal Affairs in the Prime Minister's Department. The department was abolished by the incoming Whitlam government, with its functions split across six departments (the Departments of Aboriginal Affairs, Environment and Conservation, Media, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Special Minister of State, Science and Services and Property).[1]

The DEAA was not formally created as a new department, but rather the former Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council was renamed.[2]

  1. ^ a b c CA 1407: Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 15 December 2013
  2. ^ "Change of Name of Department". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 56A. 31 May 1971. p. 3303A.