Department of Territories (1951–1968)

{{Short description|Australian government department, 1951–1968}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2013}}

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{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = Department of Territories

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|logo_width = 200 px

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|formed = 11 May 1951{{citation|title=CA 60: Department of Territories [I], Central Office|url=http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+60|publisher=National Archives of Australia|accessdate=29 December 2013}}

|preceding1 = Department of the Interior (II) – for Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Northern Territory

Department of External Territories (I) – all other functions

|dissolved = 28 February 1968

|superseding = Department of the Interior (II)

Department of External Territories (II)

|jurisdiction = Commonwealth of Australia

|type = Department

|employees =

|budget =

|minister1_name = Paul Hasluck

|minister1_pfo = Minister (1951–1963)

|minister2_name = Charles Barnes

|minister2_pfo = Minister (1963–1968)

| chief1_name = Cecil Ralph Lambert[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lambert-cecil-ralph-eski-10774 Peter C. Grundy :

Cecil Ralph (Eski) Lambert (1899–1971)], retrieved 9.9.24

| chief1_position = Secretary (1951–1964)

| chief2_name = George Warwick Smith

| chief2_position = Secretary (1964–1968)

}}

The Department of Territories was an Australian government department that existed between May 1951 and February 1968.