The Great Depression: Causes, Impact and Responses

The Great Depression in Australia. An analysis of the causes 1929–32; the impact on different groups — social classes, women and children, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples; the political responses of Scullin and Lang and the effectiveness of the competing recovery plans; the causes and consequences of the 1931 Labor Split; the emergence of the right-wing New Guard and left-wing parties; and the path to recovery under the Lyons government from 1932.