Secretary for Mines (New South Wales)

Secretary for Mines of New South Wales
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Formation9 May 1874
First holderJames Farnell
Final holderDon Harwin
Abolished2 April 2019
SuccessionMinister for Energy and Environment

The Secretary for Mines was a ministry first established in 1874 in the first ministry of Henry Parkes. It went through various title changes, becoming the Minister for Mines in 1959 then variations on Minister for Mineral Resources.[1]

  1. ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2022.