Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories

Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Department overview
Formed	24 July 1987^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Sport, Recreation and Tourism Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment
Dissolved	27 December 1991^[1]
Superseding agency	Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories - for all functions except tourism Department of Tourism - for tourism
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Canberra
Department executive	Tony Blunn, Secretary

The Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories was an Australian government department that existed between July 1987 and December 1991.

Scope

Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements and in the Department's annual reports.

At its creation, the Department dealt with:^[1]

Cultural affairs, including support for the arts
National collections
National heritage
Sport and recreation
Environment and conservation
Tourism, including the tourist industry International expositions and support for international conferences and special events
Administration of the Australian Capital Territory
Administration of the Jervis Bay Territory, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Christmas Island, the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Australian Antarctic Territory, and the Territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, and of Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island
Constitutional development of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Structure

The Department was an Australian Public Service department, staffed by officials responsible to the Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Tourism and Territories.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 CA 5984: Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories, Central Office, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 20 December 2013

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