Department of Supply and Development (II) – for supply, disposal of Commonwealth property, minerals, oil prospecting The Department of Supply and Shipping was an Australian government department that existed between October 1942 and April 1948.
Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.
The functions of the Department (in 1946) were:[1] The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Supply and Shipping, initially Jack Beasley (until February 1945) and subsequently Bill Ashley.
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