Department of National Development (Australia)

Department overview
Formed	20 December 1977
Preceding Department	Department of National Resources – for energy planning, research, minerals exploration and resource assessment, water resources and electricity, geodesy and mapping; Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development – for decentralisation;
Dissolved	8 December 1979
Superseding Department	Department of National Development and Energy;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Australian Capital Territory
Minister responsible	Kevin Newman, Minister for National Development;
Department executive	Alan Woods, Secretary;

Department of National Development
Department overview
Formed	16 March 1950
Preceding Department	Department of Supply and Development;
Dissolved	19 December 1972
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Department executives	Robert Jackson, Secretary (1950–1951); Jack Stevens, Secretary (1950–1951); Harold Raggatt, Secretary (1951–1965); Bill Boswell, Secretary (1965–1969); Lloyd Bott, Secretary (1969–1972);

The Department of National Development was an Australian government department that existed between March 1950 and December 1972, and between December 1977 and December 1979.

^ ^a ^b "CA 56: Department of National Development [I], Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021
^ Mitcham, Chad J."Sir Robert Gillman Jackson (1911-1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
^ ^a ^b "CA 2475: Department of National Development [II], Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021

[NAA_CA_56-1] "CA 56: Department of National Development [I], Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021

[2] Mitcham, Chad J."Sir Robert Gillman Jackson (1911-1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.

[NAA_CA_2475-3] "CA 2475: Department of National Development [II], Central Office", National Archives of Australia, retrieved 9 February 2021

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Department overview
Formed	16 March 1950^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Supply and Development
Dissolved	19 December 1972^[1]
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Department executives	Robert Jackson, Secretary (1950–1951)^[2] Jack Stevens, Secretary (1950–1951) Harold Raggatt, Secretary (1951–1965) Bill Boswell, Secretary (1965–1969) Lloyd Bott, Secretary (1969–1972)

Department overview
Formed	20 December 1977^[3]
Preceding Department	Department of National Resources – for energy planning, research, minerals exploration and resource assessment, water resources and electricity, geodesy and mapping Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development – for decentralisation
Dissolved	8 December 1979^[3]
Superseding Department	Department of National Development and Energy
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Australian Capital Territory
Minister responsible	Kevin Newman, Minister for National Development
Department executive	Alan Woods, Secretary

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Department of National Development (Australia)

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