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Australia 1930s to 1950s Flashcards

1
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Prime Minister who led the UAP and succeeded Scullin

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Joseph Lyons

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2
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Measures taken in WWII which described the idea of living frugally

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Austerity

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3
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Directorate established in January 1942 to allocate labour on the basis of the war need

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Manpower

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4
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US General who led the Allied war effort in the Pacific from 1942

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Douglas McArthur

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5
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Site of Japanese midget submarine attack in 1942

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Sydney Harbour

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6
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Australian Prime Minister at the start of WWII

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Robert Menzies

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7
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Political party created by Menzies in 1944

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Liberal Party

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8
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Prime Minister who preceded John Curtin

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Arthur Fadden

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9
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Year in which a referendum was held on the question of banning the Communist Party

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1951

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10
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The year of the Petrov Affair

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1954

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11
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The Chifley government attempted to nationalize these two key institutions

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banks and airlines

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12
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First major region of Australian military involvement in WWII

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North Africa

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13
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Curtin diverted Australian troops bound for this part of the British Empire in 1942

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Burma

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14
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Year in which the ANZUS alliance was created

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1951

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15
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This Libyan port was famously defended by Australians in 1941 for 242 days

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Tobruk

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16
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The peak year and level of unemployment in Australia

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1932 and 32%

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17
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The most radical Plan proposed in Australia to deal with the depression

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Lang Plan

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18
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British Bank representative sent to Australia to advise the Scullin government

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Sir Otto Niemeyer

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19
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Economic approach taken by the Premier’s Plan

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deflationary or conservative

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20
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Key institution which would not support the Theodore Plan, resulting in its failure

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Commonwealth Bank

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21
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New Guardsman who upstaged the opening of the Sydney harbor Bridge

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Captain de Groot

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22
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Leader of the New Guard

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Eric Campbell

23
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The key ALP figure who led the defence of the Communist Party banned in 1950

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H.V. Evatt

24
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Immigration Minister of 1947 who oversaw the major migration programme and famously stated ‘Two Wongs don’t make a White’

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Arthur Calwell

25
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Commanded the Australian Army in WWII

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General Blamey

26
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Where thousands of Australian servicemen taken prisoner in 1942 in infamous surrender

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Singapore

27
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Treasurer for most of the Scullin government

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E.G. Theodore

28
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Organisation created as a front for the Communist party at the height of the depression

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Unemployed Workers’ Movement

29
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WA voters chose this course of action regarding the federation in 1933

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secession

30
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The industry which recovered earliest and strongest after 1932

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secondary or manufacturing

31
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Trade agreement signed in 1932 to preference Empire trading partners

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Ottawa

32
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Key Australian institution created in 1932 and responsible for most radio news and significant entertainment programme

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ABC

33
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Significant female author of the 1920s to 1940s who often wrote on the fate of the oppressed

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Katharine Susannah Prichard

34
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Controversial cricket Test series of 1932-33 where the English tested the loyalty of Australians

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Bodyline

35
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Key international tennis series of the period in which Australia was highly successful

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Davis Cup

36
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Australian Attorney General in 1938 who used the Transport Workers Act to allow shipments of pig iron to Japan to proceed

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Robert Menzies

37
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The UAP-UCP alliance ended because of conflict between these two leaders in 1939

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Menzies and Page

38
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Australian version of the British Home Guard created in 1940 and was initially made up of former servicemen

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Volunteer Defence Corps

39
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Scene of the most bitter fighting by Australian forces in New Guinea

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Kokoda

40
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Key women’s organization in farming during WW2

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Australian Women’s Land Army

41
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Year in which the Commonwealth government took over income tax powers

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1942

42
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Key government department established in December 1942 devoted to reshaping Australian society and economy after WW2

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Department of Postwar Reconstruction

43
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Slogan which encapsulated the democratic socialism of the ALP under Chifley

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Light on the Hill

44
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Three social welfare benefits introduced by the ALP governments of 1945

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unemployment, funeral and sickness

45
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Number of hours in the working week ruled on by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court in 1947

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40

46
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Female wages raised to this level of male wage in 1949

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75%

47
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Most ambitious and large scale infrastructure scheme introduced till that point in 1949

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Snowy River scheme

48
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Term used to describe the process required of new migrants coming to Australia throughout the period in terms of adjusting to Australian life

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assimilation

49
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Chief Executive of BHP and Director of Munitions in WW2

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Essington Lewis

50
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Leader of the ‘Catholic Social Movement’

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Bob Santamaria

51
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Year of peak membership of Communist Party of Australia

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1943

52
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Term coined by the Chifley government to drive acceptance and need for high levels of immigrants

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Populate or Perish

53
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Commonwealth government legislation of 1947 which confirmed power of government to legislate on all social welfare matters

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Social Services Consolidation Act

54
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Government airline established in 1946

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TAA (Trans Australia Airlines)

Australian History 1918-1955 (2 decks)

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