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Department of Defence

Australian government department, 1901-1921
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Department of Defence

Summary

Department of Defence is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Department of Defence is in the country of Australia[3].
  • Department of Defence's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Department of Defence's instance of is recorded as department of the Australian Government[5].
  • Department of Defence's headquarters location is recorded as Victoria[6].
  • Department of Defence's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315671934[7].
  • +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Department of Defence[8].
  • +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Department of Defence[9].
  • Department of Defence was dissolved in +1921-12-21T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Department of Defence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0102dnk1[11].
  • Department of Defence's parent organization or unit is recorded as Australian Government[12].
  • Department of Defence's replaced by is recorded as Department of Defence[13].
  • Department of Defence's National Archives of Australia entity ID is recorded as CA 6[14].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z[8].

Operations

Department of Defence's headquarters location is recorded as Victoria[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Australian Government[12].

Dissolution

Department of Defence was dissolved in +1921-12-21T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

Department of Defence ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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