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Corporate entry New South Wales Department of Agriculture (1908 - )
State of New South Wales
- From
- 22 January 1908
New South Wales, Australia - Functions
- Agricultural industry and Advisory or regulatory body
- Alternative Names
- NSW Agriculture
- Website
- http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture
- Reference No
- SRNSW: Agency 543
- Legal Status
- Agency of the State of New South Wales
- Location
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
The NSW Department of Agriculture was formed out of the existing "sub-department" in the Department of Mines and Agriculture in 1907 through an Act of Parliament. It commenced formal operations early in 1908. The Department administers policy and Acts of Parliament relating to rural industries including scientific research, industry education and extension.
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Mylrea, P.J., In the Service of Agriculture: a Centennial History of the New South Wales Deprtment of Agriculture, 1890-1990, NSW Agriculture, Sydney, 1990, 282 pp. Details
Online Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477263. Details
- State Records of New South Wales, 'Agency No. 543, Department of Agriculture, 22 Jan 1908-', in Archives Investigator, July 2000, http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/investigator/Details/Agency_Detail.asp?&End%20date=&Id=543&SearchPage=Agency. Details
See also
- Atchison, John, 'Magee, Charles Joseph Patrick (1901-1989), Agricultural Scientist', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012, pp. 112-3. Details
- Green Lindsay, 'Noble, Robert Jackson (1894-1981), Agricultural Scientist and Public Servant', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012, p. 225. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 25 July 2000, Last modified: 1 May 2006
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