AGY-1712 | Tourist Bureau (1919-1923) Government Tourist Bureau (1923-1946 )

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On the 1 January 1919 the Tourist Bureau became a separate agency. (1) The responsibilities of the Bureau were managing the various tourist resorts and the tourist bureau which conducted tours and published promotional material on NSW tourist attractions. The Tourist resorts were - Jenolean Caves, Abercrombie Caves, Yaggangobily Caves, Wombeyan Caves, Hotel Kosciusko and Jenolan Caves House. (2) By 1923 the Bureau was known as the Government Tourist Bureau. (3) In 1938 Management of the Tourist Bureau was transferred to the Department of Railways (4). Legislation was required to transfer ownership of the various tourist resorts and changes were introduced to increase services to tourists, These included opening branches of the bureau at Wynyard and Central Railway stations and upgrading facilities at the resorts. (5) In 1946 tourism reverted to ministerial control and the Department of Tourist Activities was established (3). FOOTNOTES: (1) Department of Labour and Industry Annual Report for the year 1918 p.1 in NSW Parliamentary Papers, Volume 1, 1919, p.463 (2) Special Deposits Account - Tourist Resorts Working Account (Statement of Receipts and Expenditure from 1 July, 1918 to 30 June, 1919) in NSW Parliamentary Papers, Volume 1, 1919, p.455 (3) Government Tourist Bureau and Tourist Resorts. Balance sheets at 3- June, 1923. In NSW Parliamentary Papers Volume 3, 1923 p. 1275 (4) Annual report for the Commissioner for Railways for the year ended 30 June, 1938 p. 7 in NSW Parliamentary Papers 1938-39-40, Volume 6 p. 983 (5) "Your Community and the Tourist Industry, 1956", Dept of Tourist Activities, SR Ref:10/48312.21