The Department of National Resources was an

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that existed between December 1975 and December 1977.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports. At its creation, the Department's functions were: *Evaluation and balanced development of mineral, water and energy resources having regard to future requirements. *Geodesy, mapping

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for National Resources, Doug Anthony.

References

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