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Tasmania - Organisation

Attorney General's Department (1856 - 1901)

Colony of Tasmania

From
1856
To
1901
Categories
Government Department
Alternative Names
  • Law Officers' Department (Also known as, c. 1870 - 1901)

The Attorney-General's Department was one of the first three ministerial portfolios in Tasmania. It contained the Sheriff and Gaols Department and the Supreme Court which, among its other functions, included the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. A Statistical and Registry Department took over this function in 1882. In 1901, following Australian federation, Tasmania became a state and the state government took over the management of the Attorney-General's Department.

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

Related Organisations

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