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Men looking for work, 1930

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression and the collapse of the Australian economy. At its worst, unemployment in Australia reached 32 per cent in 1932. Hundreds of thousands of Australians were out of work.

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National Library of Australia obj-141685124

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