Department of Shipping and Fuel


The Department of Shipping and Fuel was an Australian government department that existed between April 1948 and March 1950.

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 Administrative Arrangements Order made on 13 May 1948, the Department dealt with:
The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Shipping and Fuel, initially Bill Ashley and, after the 1949 federal election, George McLeay.