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Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Department overview
Formed19 December 1972[1]
Preceding Department
  • Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts
Dissolved5 March 1990[1]
Superseding agency
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersCanberra
Ministers responsible
  • Gordon Bryant, Minister (1972–1973)
  • Jim Cavanagh, Minister (1973–1975)
  • Les Johnson, Minister (1975)
  • Tom Drake-Brockman, Minister (1975)
  • Ian Viner, Minister (1975–1978)
  • Fred Chaney, Minister (1978–1980)
  • Peter Baume, Minister (1980–1982)
    Ian Wilson, Minister (1982–1983)
    Clyde Holding, Minister (1983–1987)
    Gerry Hand, Minister (1987–1990)
Department executives
  • Lenox Hewitt, Secretary (1972–1973)
  • Barrie Dexter, Secretary (1973–1977)
  • David Hay, Secretary (1977–1979)
  • Tony Ayers, Secretary (1979–1981)
  • John Taylor, Secretary (1981–1984)
  • Charles Perkins, Secretary (1984–1988)
  • Bill Gray, Secretary (1988–1990)

The Department of Aboriginal Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and March 1990.

  1. ^ a b "CA 1476: Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021

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