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[[Image:Work fight or perish (RC02370).jpg|thumb|An Australian Government leaflet bearing the likeness and signature of Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], telling Australians that they must make sacrifices for the war effort.]]
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==Home front==
[[Image:Victory job (AWM ARTV00332).jpg|thumb|Australian women were encouraged to participate in the war effort]]
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During the war the [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] greatly expanded its powers in order to better direct the war effort, and Australia's industrial and human resources were focused on supporting the Allied armed forces.


World War II marked the begining of a long period of Australian [[economic growth]]. The war greatly increased the size and importance of the Australian manufacturing sector and stimulated the development of more technologically advanced industries. As part of this trend many workers acquired relatively high skill levels and female labour force participation rates greatly increased. Many women were forced out of traditionally male-dominated industries after the war, however.<ref>Haig-Muir and Hay (1996). Pages 130-132.</ref>⏎
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==After the war==
[[Image:HMAS Shropshire (123797).jpg|thumb|[[HMAS Shropshire|HMAS ''Shropshire'']] arriving in Sydney in November 1945 carrying long serving Australian soldiers]]

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* {{cite book |last=Grey |first=Jeffrey |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Military History of Australia |year=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0521644836 }}
* {{cite book |last=Grey |first=Jeffrey |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Australian Army |edition=1st edition |series=The Australian centenary history of defence |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Melbourne |isbn=0195541146 }}

* {{cite book |last=Haig-Muir |first=Marine |authorlink= |coauthors=Hay, Roy |editor=Beaumont |title=Australia's War, 1939–1945 |year=1996 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Sydney |isbn=1864480394 |chapter=The economy at war }}⏎
* {{cite book |last=Hasluck |first=Paul |authorlink=Paul Hasluck |coauthors= |title=The Government and the People 1942-1945 |url=http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=31 |series=Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 4 – Civil |year=1970 |publisher=Australian War Memorial |location=Canberra |isbn= 6429367X }}
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/index.html |title=Australia's War 1939—1945 |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Department of Veterans' Affairs]] }}


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