Elaborations

• graphing the proportion of Australian servicemen who died during World War I, compared to that of other countries involved in the war
• investigating examples of the war’s impact on Australia’s economy and society (for example the development of the steel industry in Newcastle and the implementation of the War Precautions Act)
• identifying the groups who opposed conscription (for example trade unionists, Irish Catholics) and the grounds for their objections
• studying the first and second referenda on conscription, including the division within the Labor Party over this issue
• explaining the treatment of people of German descent during the war (for example their classification as ‘enemy aliens’ and placement in internment camps, as well as their depiction in government propaganda)