Department of Education and Youth Affairs

Department of Education and Youth Affairs
Department overview
Formed	11 March 1983
Preceding Department	Department of Education (I);
Dissolved	13 December 1984
Superseding Department	Department of Education (II) – for education other than migrant adult education; Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – for youth affairs;
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Phillip, Canberra
Minister responsible	Susan Ryan, Minister;
Department executives	Kenneth Norman Jones, Secretary (1983); Peter Wilenski, Secretary (1983); Helen Williams, Acting Secretary (1983–1984); Dick Johnson, Secretary (1984);

The Department of Education and Youth Affairs was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and December 1984.