Department of Commerce and Agriculture

Department of Commerce and Agriculture

Department overview
Formed	22 December 1942
Preceding Department	Department of Post-War Reconstruction - for Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Fisheries Division Department of Supply and Shipping - for jute and flax production Department of Commerce - for trade and agriculture
Dissolved	11 January 1956
Superseding agency	Department of Primary Industry (I) - for agricultural and pastoral industries and fisheries Department of Trade (I) - for trade promotion, policy treaties, investigations
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Barton, Canberra
Ministers responsible	William Scully, Minister (1942‑46) Reg Pollard, Minister (1946‑49) John McEwen, Minister (1949‑56)
Department executives	Frank Murphy, Secretary (1942‑45) Edwin McCarthy, Secretary (1945‑50) John Crawford, Secretary (1950‑56)

Department of Supply and Shipping - for jute and flax production

The Department of Commerce and Agriculture was an Australian government department that existed between December 1942 and January 1956.

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.

At the department's creation it was responsible for:

The Department was an Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture.

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