Impact Of World War 1 On Society
World War 1 also known as the Great War which started in 1914 as was fought in Europe.
World War 1 had a huge impact on Australia and it society this was because of the Enemy Aliens, Middle and Working class women and the labour force. Australia's ally was Britain so they supported the Triple Entente. As a result of the their involvement in World War 1, tensions began to develop between groups of people on the Australian home front.
In world war one there was a lot of work available because all the men who used to work went to the war. The difference between working class and middle class women is a working class women is someone who is being paid for what they do the work that they normally do is hard yakka work the other thing that is different …show more content…
The referendum was however defeated with 1,087,557 in favour and 1,160,033 against.
Following this there was another referendum in 1917 because Britain wanted a sixth Australian division for active service. Unlike the previous referendum in 1916 Britain now wanted Australian to to provide 7000 men per month to meet their request. As like the previous referendum they continued to lag in recruitment and on the 20 of December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes put a another referendum to the people of Australia. The referendum asked:
Are you in favour of the proposal of the Commonwealth Government reinforcing the Commonwealth Forces overseas?'
The referendum was defeated again with 1,015,159 in favour and 1,181,747 against.
At the start of World War one Australia was a nation who there main economic activity ws national resource production and agriculture. This was very disrupted by World War one because of international shipping and the movement of goods and material to the war. Also during the war Australia started our own secondary production which was the production of steel. This was mostly happening in the Newcastle and New South …show more content…
But there were good things that come because of this they were firms in industries like the making of steel and other things that were previously filled by the German rivals. After this Australians government were keen to make sure that our wheat, wool and meat reached Britain and help the war over there. So the government passed a law giving the power to compulsorily acquire the lot of wheat and wool harvests. This was impossible to do under the Constitution but able to be done under the new War Precaution
World War 1 had a huge impact on Australia and it society this was because of the Enemy Aliens, Middle and Working class women and the labour force. Australia's ally was Britain so they supported the Triple Entente. As a result of the their involvement in World War 1, tensions began to develop between groups of people on the Australian home front.
In world war one there was a lot of work available because all the men who used to work went to the war. The difference between working class and middle class women is a working class women is someone who is being paid for what they do the work that they normally do is hard yakka work the other thing that is different …show more content…
The referendum was however defeated with 1,087,557 in favour and 1,160,033 against.
Following this there was another referendum in 1917 because Britain wanted a sixth Australian division for active service. Unlike the previous referendum in 1916 Britain now wanted Australian to to provide 7000 men per month to meet their request. As like the previous referendum they continued to lag in recruitment and on the 20 of December 1917 Prime Minister Hughes put a another referendum to the people of Australia. The referendum asked:
Are you in favour of the proposal of the Commonwealth Government reinforcing the Commonwealth Forces overseas?'
The referendum was defeated again with 1,015,159 in favour and 1,181,747 against.
At the start of World War one Australia was a nation who there main economic activity ws national resource production and agriculture. This was very disrupted by World War one because of international shipping and the movement of goods and material to the war. Also during the war Australia started our own secondary production which was the production of steel. This was mostly happening in the Newcastle and New South …show more content…
But there were good things that come because of this they were firms in industries like the making of steel and other things that were previously filled by the German rivals. After this Australians government were keen to make sure that our wheat, wool and meat reached Britain and help the war over there. So the government passed a law giving the power to compulsorily acquire the lot of wheat and wool harvests. This was impossible to do under the Constitution but able to be done under the new War Precaution