Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents and Contributors
- I Australian Foreign Policy in Action
- II The Australian Diplomatic Service 1935–1965
- III Economic Policies
- IV The United Nations
- V Australian Defence, 1945–1965
- VI Australia and the United States
- VII Australia and Japan, 1961–1965
- VIII Australian Policy Towards China, 1961–1965
- IX Australia and the Indian Ocean Area, 1961–1965
- X Papua-New Guinea, 1961–1965
- XI The South Pacific Commission
- Index
- Plates
II - The Australian Diplomatic Service 1935–1965
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents and Contributors
- I Australian Foreign Policy in Action
- II The Australian Diplomatic Service 1935–1965
- III Economic Policies
- IV The United Nations
- V Australian Defence, 1945–1965
- VI Australia and the United States
- VII Australia and Japan, 1961–1965
- VIII Australian Policy Towards China, 1961–1965
- IX Australia and the Indian Ocean Area, 1961–1965
- X Papua-New Guinea, 1961–1965
- XI The South Pacific Commission
- Index
- Plates
Summary
This chapter describes the growth of the Department of External Affairs at home and abroad over a thirty-year period since its reorganisation as a separate Department in 1935,examines its functions and considers its role in the formulation and execution of foreign policy. An outline of its history between 1901 and 1935 is also given.
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- Australia in World Affairs 1961–1965 , pp. 134 - 181Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024