Department of Home and Territories

Department of Home and Territories

Department overview
Formed	14 November 1916
Preceding Department	Department of External Affairs (I) Department of Home Affairs (I)
Dissolved	10 December 1928
Superseding agency	Department of Home Affairs (II) Prime Minister's Department
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Ministers responsible	Fred Bamford, Minister (1916‑17) Paddy Glynn, Minister (1917‑20) Alexander Poynton, Minister (1920‑21) George Pearce, Minister (1921‑26) Thomas William Glasgow, Minister (1926‑27) Charles Marr, Minister (1927‑28) Neville Howse, Minister (1928) Aubrey Abbott, Minister (1928)
Department executives	Atlee Hunt, Secretary (1916‑21) John McLaren, Secretary (1921‑28) William Clemens, Secretary (1928)

The Department of Home and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between November 1916 and December 1928.

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 its creation, the Department dealt with:

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

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