Postmaster-General's Department
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The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian federal government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department. Two separate legal entities had been established in July 1975 to take over the department's operations: Telecom Australia (colloquially "Telecom"; later became Telstra) and Australia Post.
History
The Postmaster-General's Department was created in 1901 to take over all postal and telegraphy services in Australia from the states and administer them on a national basis. The department was administered by the postmaster-general.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The first permanent secretary of the department was Sir Robert Townley Scott, who held office from 1 July 1901 until his retirement on 31 December 1910.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In its first 25 years, the department grew from 6,000 to 10,000 offices and from 18,000 to 47,000 staff.[1] Earnings grew from £2.4 million to £10 million per annum.[1]
In mid-1975 the department was disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as Australia Post). In 1993 the Spectrum Management Agency was formed to take responsibility of radio and television broadcast licensing, which was then merged into the Australian Communications Authority, that later became the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Telecom Australia changed its name to Telstra in 1995 and has since been privatised.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Abolition
The department was abolished in December 1975 by the Fraser government, and replaced by the Postal and Telecommunications Department.[2] The change was intended to take account of the increase in the functions of the department to include all electronic media matters which had previously been the responsibility of the Department of the Media.[2]
List of postmasters-general
| Order | Portrait | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:John Forrest - Greenham and Evans (cropped).jpg | John Forrest | Template:Australian party style| | Protectionist | Barton | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 2 | File:Portrait of James George Drake, ca. 1900 (cropped).jpg | James Drake | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 3 | File:Philip Fysh - Swiss Studios (cropped).jpg | Philip Fysh | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||
| Template:Australian party style| | Deakin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 4 | File:Portrait of Hugh Mahon (cropped).jpg | Hugh Mahon | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Watson | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 5 | File:Portrait of the Hon. Sydney Smith (cropped).jpg | Sydney Smith | Template:Australian party style| | Free Trade | Reid | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 6 | File:Portrait of The Hon. Austin Chapman, 1907-1908 (cropped).jpg | Austin Chapman | Template:Australian party style| | Protectionist | Deakin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 7 | File:Samuel Mauger - Elliott & Fry (cropped).jpg | Samuel Mauger | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 8 | File:Josiah Thomas - Swiss Studios 01 (cropped).jpg | Josiah Thomas | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Fisher | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 9 | File:John Quick - W. Vincent Kelly (cropped).jpg | John Quick | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Deakin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 10 | File:Josiah Thomas - Swiss Studios 01 (cropped).jpg | Josiah Thomas | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Fisher | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 11 | File:Charles Frazer - Crown Studios (cropped).jpg | Charlie Frazer | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 12 | File:Portrait of Agar Wynne (cropped).jpg | Agar Wynne | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Cook | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 13 | File:William Spence.jpg | William Spence | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Fisher | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 14 | File:William Webster 1908 (cropped).jpg | William Webster | Template:Australian party style| | Hughes | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |
| Template:Australian party style| | National Labor | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Template:Australian party style| | Nationalist | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 15 | File:George Wise - Alice Mills (cropped).jpg | George Wise | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 16 | File:Alexander Poynton - Broothorn Studios (cropped).jpg | Alexander Poynton | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 17 | File:William Gibson - Talma & Co (cropped).jpg | William Gibson | Template:Australian party style| | Country | Bruce | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 18 | File:Joseph Lyons 1932-01 (cropped).jpg | Joseph Lyons | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Scullin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 19 | File:Albert Green 1931 (cropped).jpg | Albert Green | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | ||
| 20 | File:James Fenton - Dover Studios (cropped).jpg | James Fenton | Template:Australian party style| | United Australia | Lyons | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 21 | File:Archdale Parkhill.jpg | Archdale Parkhill | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 22 | File:Alexander McLachlan 1927.jpg | Alexander McLachlan | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 23 | File:Archie Cameron 1940.jpg | Archie Cameron | Template:Australian party style| | Country | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Page | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 24 | File:Eric John Harrison.jpg | Eric Harrison | Template:Australian party style| | United Australia | Menzies | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 25 | File:Harold Thorby 1940 (cropped).jpg | Harold Thorby | Template:Australian party style| | Country | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| 26 | File:George McLeay 1949 (cropped).jpg | George McLeay | Template:Australian party style| | United Australia | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| 27 | File:Thomas Collins.jpg | Thomas Collins | Template:Australian party style| | Country | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Fadden | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 28 | File:William Patrick Ashley.jpg | Bill Ashley | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Curtin | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 29 | File:Senator Donald James Cameron - Australian News and Information Bureau (cropped).jpg | Don Cameron | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| Template:Australian party style| | Forde | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Template:Australian party style| | Chifley | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 30 | File:LarryAnthony1953.jpg | Larry Anthony | Template:Australian party style| | Country | Menzies | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days |
| 31 | File:Portrait of Charles William Davidson, M.H.R. for Capricornia, Queensland, 1948 (cropped).jpg | Charles Davidson | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 32 | File:AlanHulme1964 (cropped).jpg | Alan Hulme | Template:Australian party style| | Liberal | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | |
| Template:Australian party style| | Holt | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Template:Australian party style| | McEwen | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Template:Australian party style| | Gorton | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| Template:Australian party style| | McMahon | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||
| 33 | File:Lance Barnard 1973 (1).jpg | Lance Barnard1 | Template:Australian party style| | Labor | Whitlam | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
| 34 | File:Lionel Bowen 1973 (cropped).jpg | Lionel Bowen | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 35 | File:Reg Bishop 1974 (cropped).jpg | Reg Bishop | Template:Australian party style| | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Template:Age in years and days | ||
| 36 | File:Peter Nixon 1974 (cropped).jpg | Peter Nixon | Template:Australian party style| | National Country | Fraser | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age". days |
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List of departmental secretaries and directors-general
- 1901–1910: Robert Scott
- 1911–1923: Justinian Oxenham
- 1923–1939: Harry Brown
- 1940–1946: Daniel McVey
- 1946–1949: Bede Fanning
- 1949–1958: Giles Chippindall
- 1958: Van Vanthoff
- 1959–1961: Mervyn Stradwick
- 1961–1965: Frank O'Grady
- 1965–1968: Trevor Housley
- 1968–1972: John Knott
- 1972–1975: Eber Lane
- 1975: Fred Green
See also
- 600 series connector – obsolete Australian telephone jack and plug national standard
- Australian Postal Commission
- Australia Post
- Australian Telecommunications Commission
- Telstra
- Telecommunications in Australia
References
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