electors in a majority of the States. When so passed, the proposed law must be presented to the Queen for her assent. Since 1901 twenty-six proposals have been passed by both Houses and submitted to the electors, the most recent being two proposals submitted on 27th May, 1967, and, of these, five only have been approved by the electors. In 1906 minor alterations were made to the provisions for the election of Senators; in 1910 the power of the Commonwealth to take over the debts of the States, which had hitherto been limited to debts existing at the establishment of the Commonwealth, was extended; in 1928 provisions empowering the Commonwealth to make agreements with the States with respect to the public debts of the States were inserted (see 'Finance and Trade' supra); in 1946 the Commonwealth Parliament was given concurrent powers with respect to social services; and in 1967 provisions (1) precluding the counting of aboriginals in reckoning the numbers of the people of the Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, and (2) excluding the aboriginal race from the races in respect of whose people the Commonwealth Parliament may make special laws, were deleted. HISTORICAL LIST John Adrian Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, KT, PC, GCMG, GCVO, DL (later 1st Marquess of Linlithgow), 1st January 1901 to 9th January 1903 †Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, PC, GCMG, 17th January 1902 to 9th January 1903 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, PC, GCMG, 9th January 1903 to 21st July 1904 Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, PC, GCIE, GCMG, CB, 21st January 1904 to 9th September 1908 William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, PC, GCB, GCMG, GCVo, 9th September 1908 to 31st July 1911 +Frederick John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford, PC, KCMG (later 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE), 21st December 1909 to 27th January 1910 Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, PC, GCMG, KCVO, 31st July 1911 to 18th May 1914 Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, PC, GCMG, 18th May 1914 to 6th October 1920 Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe, PC, GCMG, 6th October 1920 to John Lawrence Stonehaven, 1st Baron Stonehaven, PC, GCMG, DSO, DL (later 1st Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers, 6th Baron Somers, KCMG, DSO, Sir Isaac Isaacs, PC, KCMG, KC (later GCB, GCMG), 22nd January 1931 to 23rd Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie of †William Charles Arcdeckne Vanneck, Bt., 5th Baron Huntingfield, KCMG, 29th March to 24th September 1938 †Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, GCMG, CB, DSO, 5th September 1944 to 29th January 1945 His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GMB, GCMG, GCVO, 30th January 1945 to 10th March 1947 †Major-General Sir Winston Dugan, GCMG, CB, DSO, 19th January 1947 to 10th Sir William McKell, QC (later PC, GCMG), 11th March 1947 to 8th May 1953 Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, GCB, GCMG, GBE, DSO, MC (later 1st Viscount Slim † Administering the Government William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, PC, GCMG, MC, QC, 2nd February 1960 to 3rd February 1961 †General Sir Dallas Brooks, KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, 4th February to 3rd August 1961 William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, vc, PC, GCMG (later Gcvo), 3rd August 1961 to 6th May 1965 †Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, 7th May 1965 to 21st September 1965 Lord Casey, KG, CH, DSO, MC, 22nd September 1965 to 28th April 1969 The Rt. Hon. Sir Paul Hasluck, GCMG from 30th April 1969 MINISTRIES E. Barton, PC, KC (later Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC), 1st January 1901 to 24th A. Deakin, 24th September 1903 to 27th April 1904 J. C. Watson, 27th April 1904 to 18th August 1904 G. H. Reid, PC, KC (later Sir George Reid, GCMG, GCB), 18th August 1904 to 5th A. Deakin, 5th July 1905 to 13th November 1908 A. Fisher (later PC), 13th November 1908 to 2nd June 1909 A. Deakin, 2nd June 1909 to 29th April 1910 A. Fisher, PC, 29th April 1910 to 24th June 1913 J. Cook, PC (later Sir Joseph Cook, GCMG), 24th June 1913 to 17th September 1914 A. Fisher, PC, 17th September 1914 to 27th October 1915 W. M. Hughes, PC, CH, KC, 27th October 1915 to 9th February 1923 S. M. Bruce, PC, CH, MC (later Viscount Bruce of Melbourne), 9th February 1923 to 22nd October 1929 J. H. Scullin, PC, 22nd October 1929 to 6th January 1932 J. A. Lyons, PC, CH, 6th January 1932 to 7th April 1939 Sir E. C. G. Page, PC, GCMG, CH, 7th April to 26th April 1939 R. G. Menzies, PC, CH, KC, 26th April 1939 to 29th August 1941 A. W. Fadden, PC (later Sir Arthur Fadden, KCMG), 29th August to 7th October 1941 J. Curtin, PC, 7th October 1941 to 6th July 1945 F. M. Forde, PC, 6th July to 13th July 1945 J. B. Chifley, PC, 13th July 1945 to 19th December 1949 R. G. Menzies, PC, CH, QC (later Sir Robert Menzies, KT), 19th December 1949 to 26th January 1966 H. E. Holt, PC, CH, from 26th January 1966 to 19th December 1967 J. McEwen, from 19th December 1967 to 10th January 1968 J. G. Gorton, from 10th January 1968 GOVERNMENT After the general election held in November 1969, the composition of (the political parties in the House of Representatives became: Liberal Party [46; Country Party 20; Australian Labour Party 59. The Government was formed by a coalition of the Liberal and Country Parties. GOVERNOR-GENERAL His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir Paul Hasluck, GCMG CABINET *Prime Minister: The Rt. Hon. J. G. Gorton, MP *Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry: *Treasurer: The Rt. Hon. L. Bury, MP *Minister for External Affairs: The Hon. W. McMahon, MP *Minister for Primary Industry: The Hon. D. Anthony, MP The Hon. A. S. Hulme, MP *Minister for National Development: The Hon. R. V. C. Swartz, MP Denotes Minister in Cabinet † Administering the Government *Minister for Education and Science: The Hon. N. H. Bowen, MP Minister for Immigration: The Hon. P. R. Lynch, MP Minister for Social Services and under The Prime Minister, Minister-in-Charge Minister for Works and under the Minister for Trade and Industry, Minister- LEADER OF OPPOSITION SENATE President: Senator the Hon. Sir Alister McMullin, KCMG DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION* Director-General: Sir Donald Anderson, CBE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT* Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs: J. L. Knott, CBE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION Secretary: P. R. Heydon, CBE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Secretary: Sir James Plimsoll, CBE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT Solicitor-General: R. J. Ellicott, QC Secretary: E. J. Hook, CBE Parliamentary Draftsman: J. Q. Ewens, CBE Crown Solicitor: H. E. Renfree, CBE Commissioner and Registrar of Patent, Trade Marks, Designs and Copyright Offices: K. B. Petersson Commissioner of Police, Commonwealth Police Force: R. W. Whitrod, cvo Inspector-General in Bankruptcy: L. G. Bohringer (acting) DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY Secretary: W. Ives Phillip Lynch, MP, Minister for the Army Chief of the General Staff: LieutenantGeneral T. J. Daly, KBE, CB, DSO Adjutant-General: Major-General A. L. McDonald, CB Quartermaster-General: Major-General K. Mackay, CB, MBE Master-General of the Ordnance: MajorGeneral T. F. Cape, CBE, DSO Deputy Chief of the General Staff: MajorGeneral S. C. Graham, DSO, OBE, MC Citizen Military Forces Member: MajorGeneral N. A. Vickery, CBE, MC, ED Secretary, Department of the Army: B. White, CBE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES* Director-General: L. B. Hamilton, OBE DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Comptroller-General: A. T. Carmody, OBE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Secretary: R. Kingsland, CBE, DFC DEPARTMENT OF WORKS* Director-General: A. S. Reiher † Head Office in Sydney DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Naval Board, President: The Hon. C. R. Kelly, MP, Minister for the Navy 1st Naval Member: Vice-Admiral Sir Victor Smith, KBE, CB, DSC 2nd Naval Member: Rear-Admiral R. I. Peek, OBE, DSC 3rd Naval Member: Rear-Admiral B. J. Castles 4th Naval Member and Chief of Supply: Rear-Admiral W. D. H. Graham, CBE Secretary, Department of the Navy: S. Landau, CBE DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT⭑ Secretary: M. M. Summers DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Director-General of Health and Director of Quarantine: Major-General Sir William Refshauge, CBE, ED DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY* Secretary: A. S. Cooley REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT* Chairman of Repatriation Commission: Brigadier Sir F. O. Chilton, CBE, DSO Secretary to Commission: R. G. Kelly DEPARTMENT OF AIR Air Board, Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Air Member for Personnel: Air Vice- Secretary, Department of Air: F. J. Green Secretary: J. F. Nimmo, CBE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE Secretary: Professor Sir Hugh Ennor, CBE Australian Universities Commission Chairman: Professor Sir Henry Basten, CMG Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Chairman of Executive Committee: Sir DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONERS IN OTHER COMMonwealth Countries Britain: Hon. Sir Alexander Downer, KBE (High Commissioner); Canada: D. W. McNicol, CBE (High Commissioner); New Zealand: Sir Edwin Hicks, CBE (High Commissioner); India: Sir Arthur Tange, CBE (High Commissioner); Pakistan: L. H. Border, MVO (High Commissioner); Ceylon: G. N. Upton (High Commissioner); Fiji: R. N. Birch (Commissioner); Ghana: R. A. Woolcott (High Commissioner); Hong Kong: R. W. Holbeaton (Senior Trade Commissioner); Malaysia: J. R. Rowland (High Commissioner); Malta G.C.: Hon. Sir Hubert Opperman (High Commissioner); Nigeria: H. D. White (High Commissioner); Tanzania: H. W. Bullock (High Commissioner); Uganda: R. N. Hamilton (resident in Nairobi) (High Commissioner); Kenya: R. N. Hamilton (High Commissioner); Singapore: A. R. Parsons (High Commissioner); Trinidad and Tobago: T. N. Cronin (Trade Commissioner); Nauru: J. C. B. Jackson (Representative). COMMONWEALTH HIGH COMMISSIONERS Britain: Sir Charles Johnston, KCMG; * Head Office in Melbourne AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION IN NON-COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES Afghanistan (Ambassador) (resident in Rawalpindi); Argentina: (Ambassador); Austria: (Ambassador); Belgium: (Ambassador); Brazil: (Ambassador); Burma: (Ambassador); Cambodia: (Ambassador); Chile (Ambassador); China (Ambassador); Denmark: (Consul); Ethiopia: (Ambassador) (resident in Nairobi); Finland (Ambassador) (resident in Stockholm); France (Ambassador); Germany: (Ambassador); Greece: (Ambassador); Indonesia: (Ambassador); Iran (Ambassador); Israel: (Ambassador); Italy: (Ambassador); Japan: (Ambassador). Korea: (Ambassador); Laos: (Ambassador); Lebanon: (Ambassador); Mexico: (Ambassador); Nepal: (Ambassador) (resident in New Delhi); Netherlands: (Ambassador); New Caledonia: (Consul); Peru (Ambassador) (resident in Buenos Aires); Philippines: (Ambassador); Portugal (Ambassador) (resident in Paris): Portuguese Timor: (Consul); Republic of Ireland: (Ambassador); Republic of South Africa: (Ambassador); Spain: (Ambassador); Sweden: (Ambassador); Switzerland (Resident in Vienna) (Ambassador); Thailand: (Ambassador); Turkey: (Ambassador); U.S.S.R.: (Ambassador); United Arab Republic: (Ambassador); United Nations: (Ambassador, New York); (Permanent Representative in Europe, Geneva); United States: (Ambassador); Uruguay: (Ambassador) (resident in Buenos Aires); Viet Nam: (Ambassador); Yugoslavia: (Ambassador). |