Postmaster-General's Department

This article is about the use in Australia. For the general use, see Postmaster General.

Postmaster-General's Department
Department overview
Formed1 January 1901
Dissolved22 December 1975
Superseding Department
JurisdictionAustralia

The Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was a department of the Australian government, established at Federation in 1901, whose responsibilities included the provision of postal and telegraphic services throughout Australia. It was abolished in December 1975 and replaced by the Postal & Telecommunications Department. Two separate legal entities had been established in July 1975 to take over the department's operations: Telecom Australia (that later became Telstra) and Australia Post.

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