Department of the Capital Territory

Department of the Capital Territory

Department overview
Formed	19 December 1972
Preceding Department	Department of External Territories (II) - for Norfolk Island and Coral Sea Islands Territory Department of the Interior (II) - for ACT, Jervis Bay
Dissolved	11 March 1983
Superseding agency	Department of Territories and Local Government
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Ministers responsible	Kep Enderby, Minister (1972‑73) Gordon Bryant, Minister (1973‑75) Eric Robinson, Minister (1975‑76) Tony Staley, Minister (1976‑77) Bob Ellicott, Minister (1977‑80) Michael Hodgman, Minister (1980‑83)
Department executives	George Warwick Smith, Secretary (1972‑73) Lou Engledow, Secretary (1973‑77) Laurie Daniels, Secretary (1977‑81) Tony Blunn, Secretary (1981‑83)

The Department of Local Government and Administrative Services was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and March 1983.

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 (AAO) made on 20 December 1972, the Department dealt with:

• Administration of the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory, Norfolk Island and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for the Capital Territory.