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- 1949-01-01 - (Creation)
- 1932-01-01 - (Accumulation)
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Administrative history
The work of the Department of Local Government consisted of general supervision and guidance of the activities of local authorities, by-laws, holding of auditing accounts, perusing of alterations, recommending approval of some appointments.
Following on from recommendations handed down by the Machinery of Government Taskforce, the functions of the Department of Local Government were merged with the regional functions of the former Department of Commerce and Trade on 1 July 2001 to form a new department - the Department of Local Government and Regional Development.
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The series of records deals directly with the Department of Local Government's relations with Road Boards, Cities, Tows, Shires and municipal Councils. Matters covered in these records include audits, by-laws, staffing and boundary issues.
The files are titled by the local municipality to which the contents relate and then by the subject matter of the file.
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Range Control Symbol = AK1-8 -