The Department of Transport was an

Australian government The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national executive government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the pr ...

department that existed between June 1941 and March 1950. The department was created after Prime Minister

Robert Menzies The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

announced that, due to the war position, it was essential for a Commonwealth executive authority to be established to address both road and rail internal transport problems. It was established by an Administrative Arrangements Order made on 26 June 1941, the order also established the

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, the Department of War Organization of Industry, the

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and the Department of External Territories.

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Transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...

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