Talk:Economic history of Australia

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The expression needs a lot of work. Some of the time periods could be filled out more. A lot of the issues are common knowledge for many people. Given the amount of information publically available, merging it seems like overkill.

RyanCastle 07:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Extra emphasis needed on the 1974-present time period.

Also is heavily biased towards the eastern states. Just one example: the Victorian goldrush didn't lead to expansion in the colonies which suffered from a mass exodus of labour. 203.173.46.79 20:49, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

What really would tell a good story is the GDP per capita changes in relation to world levels. Someone with access to chart publishing software would be useful?

[edit] GDP chart

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It would be useful to have a chart showing Australia's GDP and growth rate as far back as it has been tracked. -- Beland 07:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

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Clearly, there are a lot of chronological gaps. -- Beland 07:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it should at the very least mention something about 1788.Ga rr ie 01:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] depression

the australian 1890's depression was a large slump in australias econimie and working buisnesses but it was also a g reat time in australian history as well wiomen finaly got to vote for parlerment and federation was nearly taking pace in the dry harsh soils of the newly discovered land we now call australia.