Impact of WW2 on Australia

Question 1

Conscription

Answer 1

From June 1941, all unmarried men aged 21 and over conscripted into the Citizens Militia Force (CMF)
1942, childless married men and single men aged 18-35

Question 2

Government Propaganda

Answer 2

Australian governments produced propaganda in forms of newspaper articles, cartoons, films and leaflets.

Question 3

Changing roles of Women

Answer 3

Women had a more active in WW2
- Women took on men’s roles in business and non- combatant roles to allow man to enlist in WW2. Jobs includes the; WAAAF, AWAS, AWLA, WRANS.

Question 4

Treatment of ‘enemy aliens’

Answer 4

1939 commonwealth government forced individuals from countries like Germany and Japan living in Australia to internment camps.

Question 5

Censorship

Answer 5

The governments Department of information was monitored and restricted from releasing negative context of the war in forms of; newspapers, radios, films.

Question 6

Wartime controls

Answer 6

1939 Rationing - limiting specific goods to a certain amount per person.