Australia During And After Ww2 Analysis

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This document will present the changes of Australia during and after WW2. I will explore the changes made to technology for example: penicillin, penicillin was used to treat all sorts of infections. Changes to social living for example: after the war, there was an immigration program where they let immigrants in because of all the low population. Changes to political standards including: women being able to work jobs only men could work, because of all the men going overseas to fight the essential jobs needed for everyday life aren’t being done so women take up the jobs.
The major thing that WW2 affected Australia was the social part of Australia. During the second world war Australia was threatened and attacked by Japan, which lead to the

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