Australian Information Service
The Australian Information Service (AIS) was one of a series of federal government organisations created to promote the image of Australia, in existence between 1940 and 1996.

First created in 1940, the Australian News and Information Bureau (ANIB) kept its name but expanded its functions when it was moved into the Department of the Interior in 1950. It was renamed in February 1973 to the Australian Information Service, under which name it created a vast collection of photographs now held in the National Archives of Australia.

It was again renamed in 1986, to Promotion Australia, a year later becoming the Australian Overseas Information Service (AOIS). In 1994 the agency became a branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), renamed the International Public Affairs Branch, before being disbanded in 1996.
Q2991162
federal government
ORG
Q408
Australia
LOC
Q1684918
National Archives of Australia
ORG
Q5260317
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
ORG
Q4824292
Australian Information Service
ORG
Q4824292
Australian Information Service
ORG
1940-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1940
DATE
1996-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1996
DATE
1940-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1940
DATE
1950-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1950
DATE
1973-02-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
February 1973
DATE
1986-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1986
DATE
1994-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1994
DATE
1996-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1996
DATE
country
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
applies to jurisdiction
executive body