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St Ursula's College Kingsgrove

Year 9 Australian History


Topic 2 Australia between the Wars


Section A: Group
the varying experiences of at least ONE of the following:
  • 1920s: returned soldiers; women; workers
  • 1930s: the unemployed; the wealthy; stolen children

20_dollars.jpgSection B: Individual
the contribution and significance of at least ONE significant individual:
  • 1920s: Rev John Flynn; Dame Nellie Melba; Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
  • 1930s: Sir Donald Bradman; Margaret Preston; Nancy Walton; Roy Rene; Sir Isaac Isaacs

Section C: Event
the significance of at least ONE important event eg:
  • 1920s: construction of Canberra; the Conniston massacre; introduction of 'talkies'
  • 1930s: the death of Phar Lap; opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge; the Aboriginal Day of Mourning

Section D: Political Development
the significance of ONE of the following for Australia's political development:
  • 1920s: compulsory and preferential voting; founding of the Country Party; growth of unionism and establishment of ACTU
  • 1930s: dismissal of Jack Lang; the responses of governments to the Great Depression