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Formed | 13 December 1966[1] |
Preceding Department |
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Dissolved | 19 December 1972[1] |
Superseding Department | |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
Department executives |
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The Department of Education and Science was an Australian government department that existed between December 1966 and December 1972.
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.
At its creation, the Department's functions were:[1]
The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Education and Science.[1]