Minister for Interior
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holderArchdale Parkhill
Formation12 April 1932 (1932-04-12)

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.

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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "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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