Department of Shipping and Transport

Department of Shipping and Transport
Department overview
Formed	11 May 1951
Preceding Department	Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport; Department of Supply;
Dissolved	19 December 1972
Superseding Department	Department of Secondary Industry; Department of Transport (III);
Jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia
Headquarters	Melbourne
Department executives	Charles Hector McFadyen, Secretary (1951–1957); Dudley Williams, Secretary (1957–1969); Malcolm Macgregor Summers, Secretary (1969–1972);

The Department of Shipping and Transport was an Australian government department that existed between May 1951 and December 1972.