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There was a modest revival of prosperity in the 1920s, [40] and the population reached 1 million in 1930, but in 1929 the Wall Street crash ushered in the Great Depression, which lasted until a brief return to prosperity in the late 1930s, cut short by the outbreak of World War II. In 1934 Melbourne celebrated its centenary and acquired another ...
Population. Australia had a population of 7,201,096 ... Colonus wins the Melbourne Cup; Births. 14 January – Ian Brayshaw, cricketer and footballer;
Population distribution by country in 1939. This is a list of countries by population in 1939 (including any dependent, occupied or colonized territories for empires), providing an approximate overview of the world population before World War II.
During the first years of World War II, Australia's military strategy was closely aligned with that of the United Kingdom. In line with this, most Australian military units deployed overseas in 1940 and 1941 were sent to the Mediterranean and Middle East where they formed a key part of the Commonwealth forces in the area.
Marshall Younger, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne) 22 June – Paul Winkler, film director (born in Germany) 23 June – David Hannay, film producer (born in New Zealand) (d. 2014) 24 June – Annette Andre, actress; 25 June. John Abel, New South Wales politician (d. 2019) David Ramage, rower; Brian Lowe, Australian rules footballer
Total population; 91,022–250,000 [1] ... Hitler's ascent to power and the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust also ... Melbourne's population is highly ...
After a trend of declining population density since World War II, the city has seen increased density in the inner and western suburbs, aided in part by Victorian Government planning, such as Postcode 3000 and Melbourne 2030, which have aimed to curtail urban sprawl.
Victoria's capital Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian community in Australia. The 2021 census showed that the following states had the largest numbers of people nominating Greek ancestry: Victoria (181,184), New South Wales (141,627), South Australia (40,704), Queensland (32,702), Western Australia (16,117).