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How Did WW2 Shape Australia's International Relations?
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- 1MigrationWar left 11-20 million refugees
Australian PM Ben Chiefley decided Australia needed to increase their population to protect them against foreign invasion
Aimed @ Britain, and later changed to Continental Europe
1947-agreed with the International Refugee Organisation (IRO) to house 12000 refugees/year if they only did government selected jobs
1958- the dictation test, which was use to pass refugees on basis of their race, was abolished - 2Domestic ChangesHigh social and economic impacy
Farming no longer major economic activity- food processing & canning, steel production, manufacturing consumer goods
WW2 cemented the federal government and 3 tiers of government
The public had a greater reliance on the government - 3Australia and the U.S1939-Robert Menzies committed Australia to war with Britain
Britain entered war as one of greatest powers, by 1945, was reliant on US
Australia could no longer rely on Britain
Curtin placed Australia under American control
U.S General Douglas McArthur set up base in Australia
The war forced Australia to become more independent - 4United NationsLeague of Nations- FAILED
1951- UN officially came into existence- 51 nations were founding members
Australian delegate Herbert 'Doc' Evatt played a key role
Evatt one of first presidents of U.N
1948- Drafting of the UN declaration of human rights
UN was an international organisation to prevent war- it aided refugees, supported economic reconstruction and protected human rights
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