Department of Housing

For similar departments, see Department of Housing (disambiguation).

The Department of Housing was an Australian government department with responsibility for housing, including the administration of housing schemes and grants that existed between December 1963 and November 1973.

Department of Housing

Department overview
Formed	17 December 1963[1]
Preceding Department	Department of National Development (I)
Dissolved	30 November 1973[1]
Superseding Department	Department of Housing and Construction (I)
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Employees	1300 (at October 1973)[2]
Ministers responsible	Les Bury, Minister (1963–1966) Annabelle Rankin, Minister (1966–1971) Kevin Cairns, Minister (1971–1972) Gough Whitlam, Minister (1972) Les Johnson, Minister (1972–1973)
Department executive	James Nimmo, Secretary

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Housing.^[1] When Annabelle Rankin was appointed the Minister of the department in 1966 she became the first woman to administer an Australian government department.^[3]