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Agency No. 240
Agency Title  CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT
Start Date  16 Apr 1924
End Date  23 Mar 1983
Category  Department
Creating Legislation 
Agency Description  The Colonial Secretary's Office was retitled the Chief Secretary's Department on 16 April 1924. The Chief Secretary's Department was responsible for a number of varied functions including Harbour and Lights, Gaols, Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Astronomical Services and Racing.

By 1980, the Department's responsibilities were limited to Prisons, Astronomical Services, Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and the Correspondence Despatch Office.

The Department was abolished in 1983.

The Chief Secretaries for Western Australia were:

- John Michael Drew: 16 April 1924 - 23 April 1930

- Norbert Keenan, K.C.: 24 April 1930 - 21 september 1931

- Charles Farquharson Baxter: 14 October 1931 - 24 April 1933

- John Michael Drew: 24 April 1933 - 27 August 1936

- William Henry Kitson: 27 August 1946 - 1 April 1947

- Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker: 1 April 1947 - 6 April 1950

- Victor Doney: 6 April 1950 - 23 February 1953

- Gilbert Fraser: 23 February 1953 - 1 November 1958

- Arthur McAlister Moir: 13 November 1958 - 2 April 1959

- Ross Hutchinson: 2 April 1959 - 16 March 1965

- James Frederick Craig: 16 march 1965 - 3 March 1971

- Robert Henry Claude Stubbs: 3 March 1971 - 8 April 1974

- Matthew Ernest Stephens: 8 April 1974 - 20 May 1975

- Neill McNeill: 5 June 1975 - 10 March 1977

- Sir Desmond Henry O'Neill: 10 March 1977 - 5 March 1980

- William Ralph Boucher Hassell: 5 March 1980 - 1983
 
Preceding Agencies 
103 COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE 30 Dec 1828 ~ 16 Apr 1924   Detail
 
Succeeding Agencies 
95 DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 23 Mar 1983 ~ 23 Dec 1983   Detail
245 REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE 1 Jul 1957 ~ 14 Apr 1999   Detail
1047 REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES 14 Apr 1999 ~   Detail
 
Superior Agencies 
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Subordinate Agencies 
65 FISHERIES DEPARTMENT [2] -  Detail
214 GAOLS DEPARTMENT -  Detail
215 PRISONS DEPARTMENT [I] -  Detail
216 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS -  Detail
245 REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE 1 Jan 1957 ~ 1 Jan 1983   Detail
256 LEMNOS HOSPITAL 1 Jan 1926 ~ 1 Jan 1950   Detail
280 REGISTRAR GENERAL'S & GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN'S DEPARTMENT 1 Jan 1924 ~ 1 Jan 1957   Detail
1005 PERTH OBSERVATORY 1 Jan 1924 ~ 23 Mar 1983   Detail
 
Functions exercised by this agency 
8 GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 16 Apr 1924 ~ 23 Mar 1983   Detail
 
Record series created by this agency 
675 CORRESPONDENCE FILES 16 Apr 1924 ~ 23 Mar 1983   Detail
949 FILES - UNREGISTERED 16 Apr 1924 ~ 23 Mar 1983   Detail
995 FILES - CENSORSHIP 1 Jan 1948 ~ 31 Dec 1985   Detail
1243 RECORDS - VARIOUS 30 Dec 1899 ~ 31 Dec 1983   Detail
1528 SHIPPING REGISTERS - DERBY 16 Apr 1924 ~ 31 Dec 1926   Detail
2031 FILES (ABORIGINAL MATTERS) - CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT 1 Jan 1920 ~ 1 Jan 1926   Detail
3067 FILES - DEPARTMENTAL -  Detail
3171 FILES - LIQUOR LICENSING 16 Apr 1924 ~ 1 Jul 1970   Detail
3753 INDEX CARDS 16 Apr 1924 ~ 31 Dec 1949   Detail

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