Vanna Gaetz

Survivors Of The Great Depression Vanna Gaetz

Australia suffered badly during the period of the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide. ... Unemployment reached a record high of around 30% in 1932, and gross domestic product declined by 10% between 1929 and 1931.

As the story unfolds and people, at last, begin to emerge from the gloom of the Depression, it portrays in subtle overtones the growing threat beyond our shores which inevitably erupted and lured our society along other roads. No other Australian city suffered as much from the impact of World War II as did Brisbane. By the time the war ended the distinctive way of life, portrayed in this book, was gone forever leaving only memories of the Depression days and nostalgia for the many blessings enjoyed by the people of the north.