Agency:
Parks and Wildlife Service
Agency Number:
Start Date:
02 Feb 1993
Description:
On 3 February 1993, the Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage amalgamated with the Department of Environment and Land Management (DELM). The Parks and Wildlife Service became a division within DELM.;;;;Following the election of a Labor Government in September 1998, the Department of Environment and Land Management (of which the Parks and Wildlife Sevice was a division) amalgamated with the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries and the Government Analytical and Forensic Laboratories (GAFL) to become the Department of Primary industries, Water and Environment (DPIWE).;;;;Subsequently, the Parks and Wildlife Service was divided into two separate divisions. The Resource Management and Conservation Division managed and conserved Tasmania's natural and cultural resources including: land; flora; fauna; geoheritage; and historic and Aboriginal sites. The Parks and Wildlife Service was the division responsible for the management of Tasmania's parks, reserves and World Heritage Areas, including the delivery of interpretation services and Crown land administration.;;;;Following the 2002 State elections, the Parks and Wildlife Service was separated from the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment and placed within the Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (DTPHA), while the Resource Management and Conservation Division remained with the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.;;;;In early 2008 the Parks and Wildlife Service became a unit within the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (DEPHA). In 2009 DEPHA in turn was closed and the Service became a unit within the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
Information Sources:
Parks and Wildlife Service website
Legislation Creating:
administrative action
Controlled Agencies:
Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (TA2222) | 01 Dec 2021 |
Controlling Agencies:
Department of Environment and Land Management (TA1018) | 02 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TA1542) | 18 Sep 1998 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (TA1644) | 01 Aug 2002 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Department of Tourism, Arts & the Environment (TA1708) | 05 Apr 2006 | 11 Feb 2008 |
Department of the Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (TA1752) | 12 Feb 2008 | 30 Jun 2009 |
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TA1807) | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Dec 2021 |
Previous Agencies:
Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (TA913) | 17 Jul 1989 | 02 Feb 1993 |
Series Created By Agency:
AB567 General Correspondence [3]. | 01 Jan 1842 | 31 Jul 2002 |
AA622 Logbooks of Huts on Walking Tracks. | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 2002 |
AF52 Macquarie Island Field Notes | 07 Dec 1973 | 10 Mar 1997 |