WW2

WWII There were over 8000 people were sent to Greece for the war in 1942. The 8000 people all came from Geelong and had been trained for several months preparing to be sent to Greece. The population in 1940 was around 51000 people; the population has been rising about 25% for the last 3 decades. Australia’s first black out was in 1941 it caused some major fights and outrage across Victoria. Polio was a deadly disease in the 1940s; this disease went through the hospital. This happened in September, 1949. Kindergartens around the state were forced to close and some primary schools also shut down.