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Tasmania - Organisation

Law Officers' Establishment (1823 - 1856)

Colony of Tasmania

From
1823
To
1856
Categories
Government Agency

The Law Officers' Establishment, set up in 1823, was a loose term to describe the organisation that contained the Supreme Court and the Sheriff's Department, which after the early 1830s, included gaols, which housed children. In 1856, following self-government, the Law Officer's Establishment became the Office of the Attorney-General, one of the first three ministerial portfolios.

Details

The Supreme Court Registry recorded, among other things, births, deaths, and marriages.

Timeline

 1823 - 1856 Law Officers' Establishment
       1856 - 1901 Attorney General's Department
             1901 - 1983 Attorney-General's Department
                   1983 - c. 1992 Law Department
                         c. 1992 - 1998 Department of Justice
                               1998 - c. 2004 Department of Justice and Industrial Relations
                                     c. 2004 - Department of Justice

Provided 'Care' At

Publications

Books

  • Wettenhall, RL, A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration, Platypus Publications, Hobart, 1968, 206 pp. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Wettenhall, RL, A Guide to Tasmanian Government Administration, Platypus Publications, Hobart, 1968, 206 pp.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans