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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m D e p a r t m e n t o f T r a d e a n d C u s t o m s ( A u s t r a l i a ) )
The Department of Trade and Customs was an Australian government department that existed between 1901 and 1956. It was one of the inaugural government departments of Australia established at federation .
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The department was one of the first seven Commonwealth Government departments to be established in the Federation year, 1901.[2 ] The first head of the department was Harry Wollaston , appointed in 1901.[3 ] In that first year, Wollaston and Charles Kingston worked closely together in drafting legislation and the first Commonwealth customs tariff.[3 ]
In 1956, the department was abolished and most of its functions were split between the Department of Customs and Excise and the Department of Trade .[4 ]
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Information about the department's functions and government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders , the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the department's annual reports.
By 1906 the department was responsible for:[1 ]
bounties;
copyrights;
Customs and Excise;
designs and patents;
lighthouses, lightships, beacons, buoys;
quarantine;
trade and commerce (including navigation and shipping);
trade marks, dumping, monopolies and combines;
weights and measures; and the
censorship of literature and films.
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References
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^ a b c McDonald, D.I. (1990), "Wollaston, Sir Harry Newton Phillips (1846–1921)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Australian National University, archived from the original on 6 November 2013
^ Trade and customs: Administrative history , National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 25 April 2013
^ McDonald, D.I., "Lockyer, Sir Nicholas Colston (1855–1933)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Australian National University, archived from the original on 6 November 2013
^ CP 171: Stephen MILLS CMG , National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 16 March 2016, retrieved 23 January 2014
^ CP 195: Robert McKeeman OAKLEY CBE, VD , National Archives of Australia, retrieved 23 January 2014
^ "Customs head retiring: Mr. E. Abbott's 50 years' service" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 June 1944. Archived from the original on 23 January 2014.
^ CP 264: Edwin ABBOTT CBE , National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 13 March 2020, retrieved 23 January 2014
^ CP 245: Sir Francis Anthony MEERE OBE , National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 23 January 2014, retrieved 23 January 2014
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