Former Prime Minister James Scullin was merely a week into his term when the devastating stock market crash in wall street occurred, signifying the beginning of the Great Depression.With the Australian public loosing confident in the government representatives, a number of radical or extremist organisations took the chance to gather the strength and popularity they needed as a result of the large-scale public dissatisfaction. The government developed even more hate towards themselves when the building construction in canberra came to an abrupt halt, leaving 7,000 more workers in limbo.Because of this the Federal Capital Commission, responisble for developing the capital city, was abandonned. The government was the enemy.

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