How Did Ww2 Affect Australian Citizens

Good morning Ms Eagle and 10B. World War 2 started during 1939 and continued to 1945. These 6 years consisted of bloody battles and brought terrible trauma. This multimodal presentation will discuss the impact World War 2 had on the Australian citizens living and working in Australia during the war. My hypothesis for this topic is that the war changed Australians lives severely. I believe their lives during the time of the war would have been very hard, constantly living in fear of what was to come. I think they would have felt very controlled by the government and put under a lot of pressure to contribute as much as they could. To prove my hypothesis I will out line 3 main ideas. Firstly, what was the war like in Australia? How did the war

As the war commenced, many Australians referred to it as the ‘phoney war,’ (Anzacday.org.au, 2014). This was due to the little combat and life at home remaining pretty normal. It wasn’t until Germany started to attack, sending their soldiers into combat against the European countries that the war really began. As the war commenced and Britain begun to suffer from sever bombing, Australians feared that their alliance would bring them right into the war. But it wasn’t until Japan entered the war that there was a real threat the war would be brought to Australia and the Australians would have to fight. It was during February 1942 that the war was finally brought to Australia and the real fighting began. The Japanese launched their first air raid, going on to destroy most areas of Darwin in the Northern Territory, (Ww2australia.gov.au, 2014). They then went on to attack Sydney Harbor from the sea, continuing their violence along the east coast. Although Australia was not directly affected during the early stages of the war, once Japan hit Australians everyday lives began to

During the ‘phoney war’ many Australians continued their day-to-day lives with little change. They accepted rising prices and unemployment, but unless they had relatives serving overseas, they really didn’t have too much to worry about, (Ww2australia.gov.au, 2014). It was during the middle of 1941, when the suspicion of the Japanese wanting to attack rose. This was when the Australian citizens began to sense the danger of the war. Factories soon turned into war productions, with people making war ships and volunteering anywhere they could. To face this threat all Australian, ‘men, women and children, were urged to put their backs into the war effort,’ (Ww2australia.gov.au, 2014). One of the biggest changes women had to undergo was their new role in working industries, which had previously been male-dominate areas. School children tried to help as much as they could, collecting anything that could be recycled to use for the war effort, such as newspaper and old tires. It wasn’t long until the Australian government stepping, putting in various controls, such as the National Security Act. This act enabled the Australian Government to take over and control nearly everything. Blackout restrictions were introduced, along with air raid warning instructions issues. These instructions were sent to everyone on cards like the one shown above. These instructions included making sure that any openings such as windows