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Date of Letters Patent–Date Final Report Presented |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the arrangements made for the transport of troops returning from service in South Africa in the S.S. "Drayton Grange" ... |
12 August–9 October 1902 |
A. McLean (Chair), D. A. Gresswell , G. McGregor, D. Thomson , W. D. Williams |
1901-02/II/119-35 |
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Royal Commission on sites for the seat of government of the Commonwealth |
14 January–17 July 1903 |
J. Kirkpatrick (Chair), A. W. Howitt, H. C. Stanley , G. Stewart |
1903/II/211-320 |
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Royal Commission on the Bonuses for Manufactures Bill |
15 January 1903–2 March 1904 |
C. C. Kingston (Chair), E. N. C. Braddon, J. Cook, S. W. Cooke, G. W. Fuller, L. E. Groom, W. M. Hughes, J. W. Kirwan, J. W. McCay, S. Mauger, D. Watkins, J. C. Watson |
1904/II/1407-1620 |
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Royal Commission on the butter industry |
11 April 1904–27 July 1905 |
G. C. Morison (Chair), G. Graham , H. G. Turner |
1904/II/1621-31, 1905/II/1219-91 |
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Royal Commission on the Navigation Bill |
29 June 1904–14 June 1906 |
W. M. Hughes (Chair), G. B. Edwards, L. E. Groom, R. S. Guthrie, W. Knox, H. de Largie, J. Macfarlane, S. Mauger, D. Thomson |
1906/III/1-1036, 1907-08/IV/1-59 |
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Royal Commission on the affray at Goaribari Island, British New Guinea, on the 6th of March, 1904 |
25 July 1904–13 September 1904 |
C. E. R. Murray |
1904/II/67-175 |
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Royal Commission on customs and excise tariffs |
12 December 1904–9 August 1907 |
J. Quick (Chair), F. Clarke, J. S. Clemons, J. M. Fowler, G. W. Fuller, W. G. Higgs, G. McGregor, T. Playford, G. W. Wamsley |
1905/II/223-67, 1906/IV-V (whole vols ), 1907-08/IV/529-1673 |
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Royal Commission on old-age pensions |
27 February 1905–19 June 1906 |
A. Chapman (Chair), F. W. Bamford, L. Bonython, C. E. Frazer, J. P. Gray, H. W. Lee, K. O'Malley, J. Page, G. F. Pearce, T. Skene, S. Smith, J. Styles |
1906/III/1435-1805, 1907-08/II/1251-1253 |
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Royal Commission on the tobacco monopoly |
30 December 1905–14 June 1906 |
G. F. Pearce (Chair), E. Findley, J. P. Gray, J. H. Keating, J. C. Stewart, W. H. Story, J. Styles |
1906/III/1807-2234 |
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Royal Commission on ocean shipping service |
11 January–29 June 1906 |
J. Thomas (Chair), J. M. Chanter, J. Gibb, C. McDonald, H. Mahon, S. Smith, W. G. Spence, D. Storrer, H. Willis |
1906/III/1037-1433 |
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| British New Guinea—Royal Commission of inquiry into the present conditions, including the method of government, of the Territory of Papua, and the best means of their improvement |
27 August 1906–20 February 1907 |
J. A. K. MacKay (Chair), C. E. Herbert, W. E. Parry Okeden |
1907/I/137-463 |
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Royal Commission on secret drugs, cures, and foods |
11 December 1906–8 August 1907 |
O. C. Beale |
1907-08/IV/61-527 |
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Royal Commission on postal services |
22 June 1908–5 October 1910 |
J. H. Cook (Chair), H. de Largie, E. Mulcahy, C. C. Salmon, D. Storrer, W. Webster, W. H. Wilks |
1910/IV-V (whole vols ) |
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Royal Commission on insurance |
15 December 1908–1 July 1910 |
J. H. Hood (Chair), G. H. Knibbs |
1909/II/1393-94, 1910/II/1043-1346 |
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Royal Commission on stripper harvesters and drills |
15 December 1908–30 July 1909 |
A. Poynton (Chair), J. M. Chanter, G. W. Fuller, J. K. McDougall, S. Sampson |
1909/II/1477-1874 |
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Royal Commission on Tasmanian customs leakage |
30 December 1910–3 October 1911 |
J. A. Jensen (Chair), F. W. Bamford, J. Forrest, W. J. Lyne, W. J. McWilliams, E. A. Roberts, A. Wynne, W. N. Hedges, S. Sampson |
1911/III/853-1238 |
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Royal Commission on the sugar industry |
24 October 1911–4 December 1912 |
J. H. Gordon (Chair 1911–12), W. J. Brown (Chair 1912), R. M. M. Anderson, T. W. Crawford, A. Hinchcliffe, M. R. Shannon |
1912/III/1035-1125, 1913/IV/1169-2316 |
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Royal Commission on the pearl-shelling industry |
3 April 1912–30 August 1916 |
F. W. Bamford (Chair), T. Givens, W. E. Johnson, W. J. McWilliams, H. Mahon, W. Maloney |
1913/III/577-803, 1914-17/V/831-41 |
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Royal Commission on the fruit industry |
12 April 1912–8 October 1914 |
F. J. Foster (Chair), W. F. Finlayson, D. J. Gordon, P. J. Lynch, R. K. Ready, S. Sampson, J. Thomson |
1913/IV/1-1167, 1914/II/223-45, 1914-17/V/193-211 |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr. Henry Chinn |
4 January–27 November 1913 |
H. Hodges |
1913/III/1245-1252 |
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Royal Commission on Northern Territory railways and ports |
28 March 1913–24 June 1914 |
F. Clarke (Chair), D. Lindsay, A. Combes. |
1914/II/677-731 |
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Royal Commission on powellised timber |
19 December 1913–8 October 1914 |
H. Gregory (Chair), J. Bennett, R. J. Burchell, W. J. McWilliams, K. O'Malley, A. Poynton, H. Sinclair |
1914/II/655-56, 1914-17/V/843-90 |
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Royal Commission upon the Commonwealth electoral law and administration |
20 January 1914–14 July 1915 |
H. Sinclair (Chair), R. W. Foster, W. Maloney, W. H. Laird Smith, R. Patten |
1914/II/211-12, 1914-15/II/435-54 |
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Royal Commission on meat export trade |
5 June–2 December 1914 |
P. W. Street |
1914-17/V/563-609 |
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Royal Commission on food supplies and trade and industry during the war |
31 August–16 December 1914 |
A. Deakin (Chair), G. H. Knibbs , D. Thomson |
1914-17/V/143-86 |
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Royal Commission on mail services and trade development between Australia and the New Hebrides |
31 March–28 July 1915 |
F. W. Bamford (Chair), W. E. Johnson |
1914-17/V/665-724 |
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Royal Commission on Liverpool Military Camp, New South Wales |
12 July–20 August 1915 |
G. E. Rich |
1914-17/II/273-97 |
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Royal Commission on the charges made by D. L. Gilchrist concerning the construction of the western section of the Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway |
23 March–13 September 1916 |
J. G. Eagleson |
1914-17/IV/1341-1400 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon certain charges against the Administrator and other officers of the Northern Territory Administration |
11 May–13 September 1916 |
A. N. Barnett |
1914-17/I/484 (reference only, tabled not printed) |
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Royal Commission on Federal Capital Administration |
14 June 1916–14 June 1917 |
W. Blacket |
1914-17/II/1067-1112, 1917/II/178 |
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Royal Commission on Java and the East Indies , Singapore and the Straits Settlements |
7 February 1917–10 May 1918 |
J. J. Long |
1917-19/V/1063-97 |
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Royal Commission on Navy and Defence Administration |
2 July 1917–4 July 1919 |
W. G. McBeath (Chair), J. Chalmers , P. T. Taylor , F. A. Verco |
1917-19/IV/175-463 |
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| Royal Commission on the war—Australian Imperial Force. Report as to number of members fit for active service and number of reinforcements and enlistments required |
6 March–4 April 1918 |
S. W. Griffith |
1917-19/IV/647-50 |
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Royal Commission on Public Service administration, Commonwealth of Australia |
2 October 1918–28 July 1920 |
D. C. McLachlan |
1920-21/IV/1525-1620 |
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Royal Commission ... upon the public expenditure of the Commonwealth of Australia with a view to effecting economies |
21 November 1918–6 April 1921 |
R. Gibson (Chair), G. G. Haldane , G. H. Turton |
1917-19/V/1525-1615, 1920-21/IV/1297-1517 |
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Royal Commission on taxation of leasehold estates in Crown lands |
18 December 1918–9 October 1919 |
G. H. Knibbs (Chair), H. O. Allan , H. A. G. Curry |
1917-19/VI/1027-72 |
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Royal Commission on the sugar industry |
31 March 1919–18 March 1920 |
A. B. Piddington , N. C. Lockyer , S. Mills |
1920-21/IV/905-60 |
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Royal Commission on industrial troubles on Melbourne wharfs |
7 June 1919–6 May 1920 |
G. J. Dethridge |
1920-21/IV/687-92 |
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Royal Commission on late German New Guinea |
12 August 1919–21 May 1920 |
J. H. P. Murray (Chair), A. A. Hunt , W. H. Lucas |
1920-21/III/1539-1621 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into complaints by the munition worker passengers to Australia by the transport "Bahia Castillo" |
15 October 1919–24 December 1919 [date report completed] |
P. Cohen (Chair), C. R. W. Brewis, H. W. Lloyd |
NAA A11803, control symbol 1919/89/670 |
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Royal Commission on Northern Territory Administration |
12 November 1919–21 May 1920 |
N. V. Ewing |
1920-21/III/1653-69 |
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Royal Commission on the basic wage |
6 December 1919 23 November 1920 |
A. B. Piddington (Chair), R. Cheney, H. C. Gibson, W. D. Gilfillan, E. E. Keep, T. C. Maher, A. C. Morley, G. M. Allard, J. A. Harper |
1920-21/IV/529-645 |
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| Royal Commission
on taxation |
10 September 1920–13 June 1923 |
W. W. Kerr (Chair), M. B. Duffy, J. G. Fairleigh, J. J. Garvan, J. Jolly, S. Mills, W. T. Missingham, J. Thomson |
1920-21/III/1151-1243, 1922/II/1023-1177, 1923-24/III/2193-2304 |
QLD, TAS, WA |
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Royal Commission on the increase of the selling price of coal |
30 September 1920–20 October 1920 [date report completed] |
C. Hibble (Chair), A. Jobson , H. H. Ling |
NAA A460, control symbol A5/42 |
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Royal Commission on the matter of uniform railway gauge |
8 February–12 October 1921 |
J. J. Garvan (Chair), R. Blake , F. M. Whyte |
1920-21/V/757-98 |
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Royal Commission on pillaging of ships' cargoes |
12 February–12 July 1921 |
W. M. MacFarlane |
1920-21/IV/797-826 |
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Royal Commission on Cockatoo Island Dockyard |
25 April–14 July 1921 |
M. Reid (Chair), W. J. McWilliams, W. G. Mahoney, W. M. Marks, C. W. C. Marr, T. J. Ryan, R. V. Wilson |
1920-21/IV/1-16 |
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| Royal Commission upon the loyalty to the British Crown of German Nationals resident in Australia whose property is liable to a charge created by the Treaty of Peace Regulations made under the Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919–1920 |
7 July 1921–11 November 1921 [date report completed] |
W. M. MacFarlane |
NAA A6006, control symbol 1921/12/31 |
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Royal Commission on the circumstances attending the supposed loss at sea of the steamship "Sumatra" |
25 July–3 August 1923 |
J. J. Cohen , H. Chudleigh , J. Vine-Hall |
1923-24/I/113 [reference only; tabled not printed] |
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Royal Commission in connection with sugar purchases by the Commonwealth through Mr. W. E. Davies in September and October, 1920 |
24 August 1923–27 March 1924 |
E. F. Mitchell |
1923-24/II/1647-57 |
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Royal Commission in connection with joinery supplied to the War Service Homes Commissioner in March, 1920 |
7 September 1923–27 March 1924 |
H. H. Henchman |
1923-24/IV/353-59 |
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Royal Commission on the Navigation Act |
7 September 1923–13 August 1925 |
J. H. Prowse (Chair), F. Anstey, W. L. Duncan, H. E. Elliott, C. S. McHugh, A. C. Seabrook, G. E. Yates, H. J. M. Payne |
1923-24/II/1019-1120, 1925/I/129 (reference only), 1925/II/1323-43 |
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Royal Commission on national insurance |
7 September 1923–5 October 1927 |
J. D. Millen (Chair), B. Benny, J. Francis, J. Grant, A. E. Green, R. F. H. Green, J. F. Guthrie, J. A. H. Hunter, A. McDougall, W. G. Mahony |
1925/II/1269-1321, 1926-28/IV/1411-86 |
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Royal Commission on the method for determining the unimproved value of land held under Crown leases |
12 July 1924–10 June 1925 |
W. W. Kerr (Chair), M. B. Duffy , J. Jolly |
1925/II/973-1033 |
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Royal Commission on the assessment of war service disabilities |
27 August 1924–10 June 1925 |
C. B. Blackburn (Chair), A. V. M. Anderson, W. W. Giblin, E. S. Jackson, H. S. Newland |
1925/II/67-72 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into extracts from the reports in Parliamentary Debates of speeches made by Mr. Scullin in the House of Representatives on 7th and 19th August, 1924 , in relation to land tax matters |
9 September 1924–10 June 1925 |
D. S. Edwards |
1925/II/1035-61 |
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Royal Commission on the finances of Western Australia , as affected by Federation |
5 November 1924–23 September 1925 |
W. G. Higgs (Chair), J. Entwistle , S. Mills |
1925/II/1463-1641 |
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Royal Commission on health |
7 January 1925–14 January 1926 |
G. A. Syme (Chair), J. S. Greig , F. S. Hone , S. R. Innes-Noad, R. H. Todd |
1926-28/IV/1247-1370 |
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Royal Commission on Norfolk Island affairs |
20 January–13 August 1926 |
F. Whysall |
1926-28/IV/1487-1563 |
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Royal Commission on certain matters in connexion with the British Phosphate Commission |
13 June–11 August 1926 |
A. Robinson |
1926-28/IV/106784 |
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Royal Commission on wireless |
28 January–5 October 1927 |
J. H. Hammond (Chair), C. E. Crocker , J. A. M. Elder, A. J. B. McMaster |
1926-28/IV/1565-1603 |
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Royal Commission on the Edie Creek ( New Guinea ) leases |
2 March–5 October 1927 |
P. B. MacGregor |
1926-28/IV/1213-34 |
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Royal Commission on the moving picture industry in Australia |
28 May 1927–26 April 1928 |
W. M. Marks (Chair), W. L. Duncan, F. M. Forde, J. Grant, H. Gregory, H. Hays, L. W. Nott |
1926-28/IV/1371-1409 |
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Royal Commission on the Constitution |
18 August 1927–21 November 1929 |
J. B. Peden (Chair), P. P. Abbott, T. R. Ashworth, E. K. Bowden, H. P. Colebatch, M. B. Duffy, D. L. McNamara |
1929-31/II/897-1296 |
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Royal Commission on child endowment or family allowances |
28 September 1927–18 March 1929 |
T. S. O'Halloran (Chair), J. Curtin , I. Evans , S. Mills , F. M. Muscio |
1929/II/1281-1405 |
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Royal Commission of inquiry into fatalities at Bundaberg |
1 February–13 June 1928 |
C. H. Kellaway (Chair), P. MacCallum , A. H. Tebbutt |
1926-28/IV/1085-1211 |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into statements in the press in regard to offers alleged to have been made to members to resign seats in the Federal Parliament |
28 May–4 September 1928 |
E. Scholes |
1926-28/IV/1235-45 |
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Royal Commission on the finances of South Australia , as affected by Federation |
28 July 1928–22 August 1929 |
J. Cook (Chair), A. E. Barton , H. R. Brookes |
1929/II/2201-48 |
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Royal Commission on the coal industry |
3 June–21 November 1929 |
C. G. W. Davidson (Chair), H. W. Gepp , L. K. Ward |
1929-31/II/881-88 |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into allegations affecting members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts in connexion with claims made by broadcasting companies against the Commonwealth Government |
15 May–8 August 1930 |
G. J. Dethridge |
1929-31/III/629-38 |
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Royal Commission on Jacob Johnson |
29 August 1931–1 October 1931 [date report completed] |
G. S. Beeby |
NAA A432, control symbol 1929/170, Part 8, Attachment 2 |
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Royal Commission on performing rights |
19 September 1932–24 May 1933 |
L. Owen |
1932-34/IV/1163-1220 |
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6 October 1932–28 November 1934 |
D. G. Ferguson (Chair), E. V. Nixon |
1932-34/IV/2249-96, 1934-37/III/1917-2118 |
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Royal Commission on mineral oils and petrol and other products of mineral oils |
6 April 1933–8 April 1935 |
S. E. Lamb (Chair), J. Gunn , A. J. Hancock |
1934-37/III/457-820 |
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Royal Commission on the wheat, flour and bread industries |
25 January 1934–1 April 1936 |
H. W. Gepp (Chair), T. S. Cheadle , C. W. Harper, E. P. M. Sheedy , S. M. Wadham |
1932-34/IV/2425-67, 1934-37/IV/1-690 |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the circumstances associated with the retirement of Lieutenant-Commander Alan Dermot Casey from the Royal Australian Navy |
11 July–23 October 1934 |
J. M. Napier |
1934-37/III/89-103 |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the monetary and banking systems at present in operation in Australia ... |
15 November 1935–24 August 1937 |
J. M. Napier (Chair), J. P. Abbott, J. B. Chifley, R. C. Mills, E. V. Nixon, H. A. Pitt |
1934-37/V/1557-1964 |
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Royal Commission on doctors' remuneration for national insurance service and other contract practice |
18 July 1938– |
G. J. Dethridge (Chair), G. M. Allard , R. D. Mulvey |
Commission lapsed, no report issued; NAA AA1969/10, control symbols 2A-2D |
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Royal Commission regarding the contract for the erection of additions to the General Post Office, Sydney |
7 June–7 September 1939 |
A. V. Maxwell |
1937-40/IV/1025-51 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the contract or contracts with Abbco Bread Co. Pty. Limited for the supply of bread to the Department of the Army, and other matters |
28 March–21 August 1941 |
A. V. Maxwell |
1940-43/III/9-44 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into circumstances under which certain public monies were used and to whom, and for what purposes such moneys were paid ... |
27 September–25 November 1941 |
P. H. Rogers |
1940-43/III/241 [reference only; tabled not printed] |
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Royal Commission in the matter of an inquiry into a statement that there was a document missing from the official files in relation to "The Brisbane Line" |
29 June–28 September 1943 |
C. J. Lowe |
1943-44/I/13 [reference only; tabled not printed] |
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Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon certain transactions of the Sydney Land Sales Control Office, and the Canberra Land Sales Control Office of the Treasury |
13 June–25 September 1947 |
R. C. Kirby |
1946-48/I/263 [reference only; tabled not printed] |
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Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain transactions in relation to timber rights in the Territory of Papua-New Guinea |
11 January–24 June 1949 |
G. C. Ligertwood |
1948-49/IV/1155-93 |
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Royal Commission on the Port Augusta to Alice Springs Railway |
June 1951–9 July 1952 |
A. A. Wolff (Chair), R. J. Fitch , J. A. Fargher |
NAA AA1972/341, control symbol 72 |
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Royal Commission on television |
11 February 1953–29 September 1954 |
G. W. Paton (Chair), C. B. Bednall, M. Foxton, R. G. Osborne, R. C. Wilson, N. S. Young |
1954-55/III/679-809 |
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Royal Commission on espionage |
3 May 1954–14 September 1955 |
W. F. L. Owen |
1954-55/III/187-677 |
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Royal Commission on alleged improper practices and improper refusal to co-operate with the Victoria Police Force on the part of persons employed in the Postmaster-General's Department in Victoria in relation to illegal gambling |
23 May 1962–23 May 1963 |
R. L. Taylor |
1962-63/V/397-554 |
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Royal Commission on loss of H.M.A.S. Voyager |
14 February–26 August 1964 |
J. A. Spicer |
1964-65-66/XIII/289-341 |
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Royal Commission on the statement of Lieutenant Commander Cabban and matters incidental thereto |
31 May 1967–13 March 1968 |
S. C. Burbury (Chair), K. W. Asprey , G. A. G. Lucas |
1968/1/967-1245 |
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Title |
Date of Letters Patent–Date Final Report Presented |
Commissioners |
Report (Year / Vol / Place No.) |
State |
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Royal Commissions into exploratory and production drilling for petroleum in the area of the Great Barrier Reef |
5 May 1970–11 February 1975 |
G. Wallace , V. J. Moroney , J. E. Smith |
1975/13/2-3 |
QLD |
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Aboriginal Land Rights Commission |
8 February 1973–17 July 1974 |
A. E. Woodward |
1973/1/1, 1974/1/1 |
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Australian Post Office Commission of inquiry |
22 February 1973–23 July 1974 |
J. Vernon (Chair), B. J. Callinan , J. J. Kennedy |
1974/2/1-2 |
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Commission of inquiry into land tenures |
4 May 1973–26 May 1976 |
R. Else-Mitchell , R. L. Mathews , G. J. Dusseldorp |
1974/8/10, 1976/12/1 |
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Royal Commission on petroleum |
12 September 1973–8 December 1976 |
W. H. Collins |
1974/14/2, 1975/13/4, 1975/13/1, 1976/16/3-5 |
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Commission of Inquiry into the maritime industry |
25 September 1973–2 November 1976 |
M. M. Summers |
1974/17/15-16, 1976/23/1-5 |
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Independent Inquiry into Frequency Modulation Broadcasting |
27 November 1973–13 March 1974 |
F. McLean , C. C. Renwick |
1974/2/6 |
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Commission of Inquiry into transport to and from Tasmania |
10 April 1974–25 March 1976 |
J. F. Nimmo |
1976/24/5 |
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Royal Commission on Australian Government Administration |
6 June 1974–18 August 1976 |
H. C. Coombs (Chair), P. H. Bailey, E. Campbell, J. E. Isaac, P. R. Munro |
1976/19/1-5 |
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Royal Commission on human relationships |
21 August 1974–28 February 1978 |
E. Evatt (Chair), F. R. Arnott , A. B. Deveson |
1976/8/9, 104-108/1978 |
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Royal Commission on intelligence and security |
21 August 1974–25 October 1977 |
R. M. Hope |
92/1977, 246-249/1977 |
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Royal Commission into alleged payments to maritime unions |
5 September 1974–25 May 1976 |
J. B. Sweeney |
List number 340/1975 (tabled not printed); 1976/24/4 |
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Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon certain incidents in which Aborigines were involved in the Laverton area [WA Royal Commission with a Commonwealth nominee and costs shared by Commonwealth and WA Governments] |
23 April 1975–13 April 1976 |
G. D. Clarkson (Chair), E. F. Bridge , E. F. Johnston |
WA Parl Papers 1976, Vol 8. |
WA |
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15 May 1975–16 November 1976 |
J. A. Nimmo |
1976/21/4 |
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| Title |
Date of Letters Patent–Date Final Report Presented |
Commissioners |
Report (Year / Paper No.) |
State |
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| Australian Royal Commission of inquiry into drugs |
13 October 1977–16 September 1980 |
E. S. Williams |
275/1979, 25-29/1980, 226/1980 |
VIC , QLD , WA , TAS |
| Royal Commission of inquiry into matters in relation to electoral redistribution Queensland , 1977 |
24 April 1978–15 August 1978 |
D. G. McGregor |
263/1978 |
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| Commission of inquiry into the efficiency and administration of hospitals |
29 August 1979–26 February 1981 |
J. H. Jamison (Chair), C. W. L. de Boos , H. R. H. Holmes à Court, J. S. Yeatman |
181/1980, 20-22/1981 |
TAS, QLD , WA |
| Commission of inquiry into the viability of the Christmas Island phosphate industry |
20 December 1979–21 February 1980 |
W. W. Sweetland |
36/1980 |
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| Royal Commission on the activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union |
10 September 1980–1 November 1984 |
F. X. Costigan |
72/1982, 185/1982, 223/1983, 284-289/1984 |
VIC |
| Royal Commission of inquiry into drug trafficking |
25 June 1981–31 May 1983 |
D. G. Stewart |
119/1982, 41/1983, 186/1983 [NZ Report] |
NSW, VIC , QLD, NZ |
| Royal Commission into the activities of the Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation |
20 August 1981–20 October 1982 |
J. S. Winneke |
296/1982 |
VIC |
| Royal Commission into Australian meat industry |
12 September 1981–21 September 1982 |
A. E. Woodward |
222/1982 |
VIC |
| Royal Commission of inquiry into the activities of the Nugan Hand Group [extension of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking 1981–1983] |
28 March 1983–27 November 1985 |
D. G. Stewart |
275/1983, 65/1985, 368-369/1985 |
NSW |
| Royal Commission on the use and effects of chemical agents on Australian personnel in Vietnam |
13 May 1983–22 August 1985 |
P. G. Evatt |
288-296/1985 |
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| Royal Commission on Australia's security and intelligence agencies |
17 May 1983–22 May 1985 |
R. M. Hope |
323/1983, 1/1984, 230-232/1985 |
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| Commission of inquiry into compensation arising from social security conspiracy prosecutions |
9 February 1984–10 June 1986 |
R. Mitchell |
174/1986 |
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| Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia |
16 July 1984–5 December 1985 |
J. R. McClelland (Chair), J. Fitch , W. J. Jonas |
482-484/1985 |
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| Royal Commission of inquiry into alleged telephone interceptions |
29 March 1985–1 May 1986 |
D. G. Stewart |
155/1986 |
NSW & VIC |
| Royal Commission of inquiry into Chamberlain convictions |
2 April 1986–2 June 1987 |
T. R. Morling |
192/1987 |
NT |
| Royal Commission into grain storage, handling and transport |
13 October 1986–15 March 1988 |
J. C. McColl |
40-42/1988 |
NSW, VIC , QLD , WA , SA |
| 16 October 1987–9 May 1991 |
J. H. Muirhead (Chair 1987–89), E. F. Johnston (Chair 1989–91), , J. H. Wootten, L. F. Wyvill, D. J. O'Dea, P. Dodson |
20-24, 101-102, 126, 129, 142, 209, 265, 409-410/1989; 48-49, 55-57, 151-158, 195-199, 217-228, 292-300, 386-387, 404/1990; 13, 24-29, 63-88, 119-136/1991 |
NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT |
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| Commission of inquiry into the Australian Secret Intelligence Service |
15 March 1994–9 May 1995 |
G. J. Samuels , M. H. Codd |
List number 281/1995 ( tabled not printed) |
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| Royal Commission of inquiry into the leasing by the Commonwealth of accommodation in Centenary House |
16 May 1994–7 November 1994 |
T. R. Morling |
344/1994 |
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| Commission of Inquiry into the relations between the CAA and Seaview Air |
25 October 1994–9 October 1996 |
L. Street (1994–95), J. H. Staunton (1994–96) |
List numbers 354-355/1996 (tabled not printed) |
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| 29 August 2001–4 April 2003 |
N. J. Owen |
98-100/2003 |
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| Royal Commission into the building and construction industry |
29 August 2001–24 February 2003 |
T. R. H. Cole |
List numbers 559, 561/2002 (tabled not printed); 70-91/2003 |
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| 24 June–6 December 2004 |
D. A. Hunt |
26/2005 |
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| Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN Oil-For-Food Programme [AWB inquiry] | 10 November 2005–24 November 2006 | T. R. H. Cole | 395-399/2006 | |
| Equine
Influenza Inquiry (set up under section 66AZE of the Quarantine Act 1908, which provides that most of the provisions of the Royal Commissions Act 1902 apply to the Inquiry and the Commissioner as if the Inquiry were a Royal Commission) |
25 September 2007–12 June 2008 | Hon Mr Ian Callinan AC | 289/2008 |