Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment

Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment

Department overview
Formed	13 December 1984
Preceding Department	Department of Home Affairs and Environment
Dissolved	24 July 1987
Superseding Department	Department of Administrative Services (III) Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	City, Canberra
Minister responsible	Barry Cohen, Minister
Department executive	Pat Galvin, Secretary

The Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment was an Australian government department that existed between December 1984 and July 1987.

Scope

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

At the department's creation it was responsible for:

• Environment and conservation
• Cultural affairs, including support for the arts
• National collections
• National heritage.

Structure

The Department was a Commonwealth Public Service department, staffed by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment.