The Great Depression, the 1931 Labor Split and foreign policy 1918–39 (Paris 1919, League, 1926 Imperial Conference, Statute of Westminster, Japan)

What this note covers

1. How the Depression reached Australia
2. Competing responses: Niemeyer, Scullin and the Premiers' Plan
3. The 1931 Labor Split
4. Impact of the Depression across Australian society
5. Foreign policy 1918–1926: peace, empire and the League
6. Foreign policy 1926–1939: autonomy on paper, dependence in practice
7. Exam application: connecting economic collapse and international position

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