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Unit 3: National experiences in the modern world (Australia 1914 to 1949)

6 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Inquiry topic 3: Australia and World War II (1939 to 1945)

Analyse Australia's involvement in World War II, including the European and Mediterranean campaigns, the fall of Singapore in 1942, the Pacific war, Curtin's appeal to the United States, the home front mobilisation, and the experience of women and Indigenous Australians
A focused answer to the QCE Modern History Unit 3 dot point on Australia's experience of World War II. Covers the Mediterranean campaigns of 1940 and 1941, the fall of Singapore in 1942, Curtin's appeal to the United States, the Pacific war, the home front and the experience of women and Indigenous Australians.
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Inquiry topic 1: Australia and World War I (1914 to 1918)

Inquiry topic 2: The interwar years (1918 to 1939)

Describe and explain the political, social and economic developments in interwar Australia, including post-war reconstruction, the 1920s political settlement, the Great Depression, the Premiers' Plan, the dismissal of Jack Lang and the rise of new political movements
A focused answer to the QCE Modern History Unit 3 dot point on interwar Australia. Covers demobilisation, the Bruce-Page government of the 1920s, the Scullin Labor government, the Great Depression in Australia, the Premiers' Plan of 1931, the dismissal of NSW Premier Jack Lang, and the rise of the New Guard and the Communist Party.
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Inquiry topic 4: Post-war Australia (1945 to 1949)

Evaluate the social, political and economic developments in post-war Australia between 1945 and 1949, including the Chifley government's reconstruction program, the mass migration scheme, the 1948 Citizenship Act, Indigenous policy, the early Cold War and the lead-up to the 1949 election
A focused answer to the QCE Modern History Unit 3 dot point on post-war Australia. Covers the Chifley government's reconstruction program, full employment policy, the Calwell migration scheme, the 1948 Citizenship Act, Indigenous policy, the 1949 coal strike and the early Cold War, and the political conditions that produced the 1949 Menzies victory.
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