Minister for Interior (Australia)
The Australian Minister for Interior was a ministerial portfolio responsible for the local government and external territories administration. The portfolio was originally held by the Minister for Home Affairs from 1901 to 1932 and then Minister for the Interior in the first Lyons Ministry—subsuming his portfolios of Home Affairs and Transport.
| Minister for Interior | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Inaugural holder | Archdale Parkhill |
| Formation | 12 April 1932 |
The establishment of portfolios such as Transport, Immigration, Agriculture and Industry left the Minister for the Interior mainly responsible for administering the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, including, until 1967, the Australian Aboriginals residing there.[1] On 19 December 1972 the interior portfolio was replaced in the Whitlam Ministry by the Minister for the Capital Territory and the Minister for the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory portfolio was abolished on 28 September 1978, following the granting of self-government to the Northern Territory. From July 1987, administration of the Australian Capital Territory was subsumed in the portfolio of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, anticipating ACT self-government on 11 May 1989.
List of ministers
Interior
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Interior:[2]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archdale Parkhill | United Australia | Lyons | Minister for the Interior | 12 April 1932 | 13 October 1932 | 184 days | |
| 2 | John Perkins | 13 October 1932 | 12 October 1934 | 1 year, 364 days | ||||
| 3 | Eric Harrison | 12 October 1934 | 9 November 1934 | 28 days | ||||
| 4 | Thomas Paterson | Country | 9 November 1934 | 29 November 1937 | 3 years, 20 days | |||
| 5 | John McEwen | 29 November 1937 | 7 April 1939 | 1 year, 148 days | ||||
| Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||||||
| 6 | Harry Foll | United Australia | Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 29 August 1941 | 2 years, 164 days | ||
| Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
| 7 | Joe Collings | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 3 years, 279 days | ||
| Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
| 8 | Herbert Johnson | Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | 4 years, 159 days | |||
| 9 | Philip McBride | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 24 October 1950 | 309 days | ||
| n/a | Eric Harrison | 24 October 1950 | 11 May 1951 | 199 days | ||||
| 10 | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | 11 May 1951 | 11 January 1956 | 4 years, 245 days | ||||
| 11 | Allen Fairhall | 11 January 1956 | 10 December 1958 | 2 years, 333 days | ||||
| 12 | Gordon Freeth | 10 December 1958 | 18 December 1963 | 5 years, 8 days | ||||
| 13 | John Gorton | 18 December 1963 | 4 March 1964 | 77 days | ||||
| 14 | Doug Anthony | Country | 4 March 1964 | 26 January 1966 | 3 years, 226 days | |||
| Holt | 26 January 1966 | 16 October 1967 | ||||||
| 15 | Peter Nixon | 16 October 1967 | 19 December 1967 | 3 years, 112 days | ||||
| McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
| Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | ||||||
| 16 | Ralph Hunt | 5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 304 days | ||||
| McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||||||
| 17 | Lance Barnard | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
Capital Territory
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for the Capital Territory:[2]
| Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kep Enderby | Labor | Whitlam | Minister for the Capital Territory | 19 December 1972 | 9 October 1973 | 294 days | |
| 2 | Gordon Bryant | 9 October 1973 | 11 November 1975 | 2 years, 33 days | ||||
| 3 | Reg Withers | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 41 days | ||
| 4 | Eric Robinson | 22 December 1975 | 16 February 1976 | 56 days | ||||
| 5 | Tony Staley | 16 February 1976 | 20 December 1977 | 1 year, 307 days | ||||
| 6 | Bob Ellicott | 20 December 1977 | 3 November 1980 | 2 years, 319 days | ||||
| 7 | Michael Hodgman | 3 November 1980 | 11 March 1983 | 2 years, 128 days | ||||
See also
- Department of Home Affairs (1901–16)
- Department of Home and Territories
- Department of Home Affairs (1928–32)
- Department of the Interior (1932–39)
- Department of the Interior (1939–72)
- Department of Administrative Services (1975–84)
- Department of Home Affairs (1977–80)
- Department of Home Affairs and Environment (1980-84)
- Department of Local Government and Administrative Services (1984-87)
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories (1987-91)
- Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories (1991-93)
- Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (1993-97)
- Department of Transport and Regional Development (1996-98)
- Department of Transport and Regional Services (1998-07)
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (2007-2010
- Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (2010-2011)
- Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport (2011-2013)
References
- Attwood, B.; Markus, A. (2004). Thinking Black, William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines' League. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-85575-459-1.
- "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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