Volunteering & Population
Australian's Population Change
World War I affected Australia’s population as some women were left to fend for themselves and their children at home.
This meant that women had to join the workforce. By most men and some women being away it meant that Australia’s population decreased as many soldiers and service women were killed at war and also birth rates went down.
Volunteering
At least 2139 nurses served abroad between 1914 and 1919, and a further 423 worked in military hospitals in Australia, while 29 died on active service.
Most jobs were filled by women during the war. In Russia the quantity of women in industry went up from 26 to 43%, while in Austria, a million women joined the workforce.
In France, were women already played a large role in the workforce it grew by 20%. As the focus was on men during the war, it is difficult to get exact statistics on how many women went to war.
(The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, page 62)
World War I affected Australia’s population as some women were left to fend for themselves and their children at home.
This meant that women had to join the workforce. By most men and some women being away it meant that Australia’s population decreased as many soldiers and service women were killed at war and also birth rates went down.
Volunteering
At least 2139 nurses served abroad between 1914 and 1919, and a further 423 worked in military hospitals in Australia, while 29 died on active service.
Most jobs were filled by women during the war. In Russia the quantity of women in industry went up from 26 to 43%, while in Austria, a million women joined the workforce.
In France, were women already played a large role in the workforce it grew by 20%. As the focus was on men during the war, it is difficult to get exact statistics on how many women went to war.
(The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, page 62)