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Department Of Trade And Customs (Australia)
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the first seven Commonwealth Government departments to be established in the Federation year, 1901. The first head of the department was Harry Wollaston, appointed in 1901. In that first year, Wollaston and Charles Kingston worked closely together in drafting legislation and the first Commonwealth customs tariff. In 1956, the department was abolished and most of its functions were split between the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Trade. 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. By 1906 the department was responsible for: *bounties; *copyrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Customs And Excise
The Department of Customs and Excise was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and March 1975. 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. In the 23 April 1958 Administrative Arrangements Order, the department's functions were: *Duties of Customs and Excise *Bounties on the production or export of goods. Structure The department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Customs and Excise The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs is a ministerial post of the Australian Government and is currently held by Andrew Giles, pending the swearing in of the full Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022, following the A .... References Ministries established in 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Lockyer (public Servant)
Sir Nicholas Colston Lockyer ISO (6 October 1855 – 26 August 1933) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his time as head of the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Lockyer was born in Woolloomooloo, Sydney on 6 October 1855. His first marriage was to Mary Juliet, daughter of Geoffrey Eagar, from 1885 to her death in 1898. In 1901, he married Winifred, the daughter of Harry Wollaston Sir Harry Newton Phillips Wollaston (17 January 184611 February 1921) was a senior Australian public servant. He was the first Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs, from 1901 to his retirement in 1911. Life and career .... Between 1911 and 1913, Lockyer was Comptroller-General of Customs and head of the Department of Trade and Customs. Lockyer died at his home in Toorak, Melbourne, on 26 August 1933. Awards Lockyer was awarded an Imperial Service Order in July 1906 whilst Collector of Customs for New South Wales. He was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministries Established In 1901
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Defunct Government Departments Of Australia
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Frank Meere
Sir Francis Anthony Meere (24 July 189515 April 1985) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1952 and 1960, heading first the Department of Trade and Customs and then the Department of Customs and Excise. Life and career Meere was born in Daylesford, Victoria on 24 July 1895. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St Kilda. Meere joined the Commonwealth Public Service The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Go ... in 1913 in Victoria in the Department of Trade and Customs. Between 1947 and 1952, Meeres was assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in the Department. He was promoted to Comptroller-General of Customs in 1952. Meere retired from his Customs position in July 1960, and soon after was appointed a director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Turner (public Servant)
William Terry Turner (1 December 188726 January 1959) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1949 and 1952, heading the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Turner was born in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales on 1 December 1887. Turner joined the Commonwealth Public Service The Australian Public Service (APS) is the federal civil service of the Commonwealth of Australia responsible for the public administration, public policy, and public services of the departments and executive and statutory agencies of the Go ... in 1905 in as a clerk in the Department of Trade and Customs. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916, and embarked from Australia for overseas service on 24 January 1917 aboard HMAT Anchises A68. After he returned from military service, Turner returned to the customs department and was put in charge of the activities of the Commonwealth public trustee and subsequently the Clearing Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kennedy (public Servant)
John Joseph Francis Kennedy (7 February 1884?) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs between 1944 and 1949. Life and career Kennedy was born on 7 February 1884 in Leichhardt, Sydney and was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham. He began his Commonwealth Public Service career as a junior clerk in the Postmaster-General's Department The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was ..., but transferred the next year to the Department of Trade and Customs. After holding an appointment as sub-controller of Customs at Sydney for some time, Kennedy was appointed customs collector at Point Adelaide in 1934. He left Adelaide in 1936 when appointed customs collector in Victoria. In November 1943, Kennedy wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Abbott (public Servant)
Edwin Abbott (21 November 18781 September 1947) was a senior Australian public servant. Between 1933 and 1944, he was Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Abbott was born on 21 November 1878. He was educated at Fort Street High School in Sydney. At the age of 15, he joined the New South Wales Customs Department as a clerk. He entered the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of Trade and Customs when the staff of his New South Wales department was taken over at Federation. Between 1927 and 1933, Abbott served as Deputy Controller-General of Customs. In the role he traveled to London as adviser accompanying James Scullin to the Imperial Conference. He also traveled to Canada and the United States, and he helped to prepare the 1931 Canada-Australia trade agreement. In 1932 he attended the British Empire Economic Conference The British Empire Economic Conference (also known as the Imperial Economic Conference or Ottawa Conferenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Thomas Hall
Ernest Thomas Hall was a senior Australian public servant. He was Controller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs between 1927 and 1933. Life and career Hall entered the Victorian Customs department in 1888. He was private secretary to several State Ministers. He was licensed under Victorian law as a shorthand writer in 1890. At federation, Hall transferred to the federal Department of Trade and Customs The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the fir .... In 1916, Hall traveled to the United States, tasked with opening the Australian Customs Office in New York City and making extensive war supply purchases. On his return in 1920, he was appointed Collector of Customs in Adelaide. In December 1924, Hall was appointed to the newly created position of Assistant Comptrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McKeeman Oakley
Robert McKeeman Oakley (28 March 187127 August 1927) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of Customs between 1923 and 1927. Life and career Oakley was born in Warrnambool, Victoria on 28 March 1871 to parents Elizabeth Oakley (née McKeeman) and Thomas Oakley. Oakley was an officer in the Victorian Artillery Garrison from 1892 to 1902. In 1889, he joined the Victorian Customs Department as a Clerk, and became a Commonwealth Public Servant in 1901 when the Federal Department of Trade and Customs was formed. Between May 1923 and his retirement in March 1927, Oakley was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs. Oakley died suddenly of angina pectorisat his home in Melbourne on 27 August 1927. He left in his will funds, the income of which was to provide a scholarship or bursary at Queen's College, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Whitton
Percy Whitton ISO (28 January 186114 March 1923) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation. History The department was one of the fir ... between October 1922 and his death in March 1923. Life and career Whitton was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 28 January 1861. In 1902, Whitton transferred to the Commonwealth Audit Office and worked under its first Auditor-General John William Israel. In 1910 he was appointed Collector of Customs for Victoria, a job in which he stayed until 1917 when he became Chief Prices Commissioner under the War Precautions Act. In October 1922 he took up the position of Comptroller-General of Customs. On 14 March 1923, Whitton suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep at his home on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mills (public Servant)
Stephen Mills (23 September 18571 November 1948) was a senior Australian public servant, best known for his long association with the Department of Trade and Customs. Life and career Stephen Mills was born in Sydney on 23 September 1857 to parents Emily and John Mills. Between 1913 and 1922, Mills was Comptroller-General of the Department of Trade and Customs. Mills died on 1 November 1948, in Glen Iris, Melbourne and was cremated. Awards In June 1920, Mills was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for his service as Controller-General of the Trade and Customs Department. References 1857 births 1948 deaths Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century Australian public servants {{Australia-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |