The Department of Science was an

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that existed between December 1984 and July 1987. It was the third so-named Australian Government department.

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. According to the National Archives of Australia, at its creation, the department was responsible for: *Science policy and research *Patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks *Meteorology *Ionospheric prediction *Analytical laboratory services *Weights and measures *Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands *Commission for the Future.

Structure

The department was an

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department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Science, Barry Jones. The department was headed by a secretary,

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References

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