Department of Works and Railways

Department of Works and Railways
Department overview
Formed	14 November 1916
Preceding Department	Department of Home Affairs;
Dissolved	12 April 1932
Superseding Department	Department of the Interior;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Department executives	David Miller, Secretary (1916–1917); Walter Bingle, Secretary (1917–1926); Henry Walters, Secretary (1926–1929); Percival Gourgaud, Secretary (1929–1932);

The Department of Works and Railways was an Australian government department that existed between November 1916 and April 1932.

At its abolition, its functions were absorbed into the Department of the Interior.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b CA 14: Department of Works and Railways, (Central Office), National Archives of Australia, archived from the original on 1 July 2013, retrieved 2 December 2013
^ Australia. Department of Works and Railways, National Library of Australia
^ Commonwealth National Library (Australia). Archives Division; Gibbney, H. J. (Herbert James), 1922-1989 (1950), Records of the Department of Works and Railways (including records transferred from the Department of Home Affairs) 1901-32, s.n, retrieved 5 July 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Department overview
Formed	14 November 1916^[1]
Preceding Department	Department of Home Affairs
Dissolved	12 April 1932^[1]
Superseding Department	Department of the Interior
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Department executives	David Miller, Secretary (1916–1917) Walter Bingle, Secretary (1917–1926) Henry Walters, Secretary (1926–1929) Percival Gourgaud, Secretary (1929–1932)