Department of the Interior (1939–1972)

Department of the Interior
Department overview
Formed	26 April 1939
Preceding Department	Department of the Interior (I); Department of Works (I);
Dissolved	19 December 1972
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	8,411 (in 1969)
Department executives	Joseph Carrodus, Secretary (1939–1949); Bill McLaren, Secretary (1949–1963); Richard Kingsland, Secretary (1963–1970); George Warwick Smith, Secretary (1970–1972);

The Department of the Interior was an Australian government department that existed between April 1939 and December 1972. It was the second so-named Australian government department.

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