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Department of Shipping and Transport

Australian government department, 1951-1972
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Department of Shipping and Transport

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Department of Shipping and Transport is in the country of Australia[3].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's instance of is recorded as department of the Australian Government[5].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's headquarters location is recorded as Melbourne[6].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130686317[7].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79012544[8].
  • +1951-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Department of Shipping and Transport[9].
  • +1951-05-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Department of Shipping and Transport[10].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport was dissolved in +1972-12-19T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0zc06mf[12].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's parent organization or unit is recorded as Australian Government[13].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's replaces is recorded as Department of Fuel, Shipping and Transport[14].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's replaced by is recorded as Department of Transport[15].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's replaced by is recorded as Department of Secondary Industry[16].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's Encyclopedia of Australian Science ID is recorded as A000874b[17].
  • Department of Shipping and Transport's National Archives of Australia entity ID is recorded as CA 59[18].

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Founding

Recorded inception include +1951-00-00T00:00:00Z[9] and +1951-05-11T00:00:00Z[10].

Operations

Department of Shipping and Transport's headquarters location is recorded as Melbourne[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Australian Government[13].

Dissolution

Department of Shipping and Transport was dissolved in +1972-12-19T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

Department of Shipping and Transport ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Australia Melbourne

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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