Since 1915 – Looking Back
Main Source: Australian War Memorial
40,000,000 | Estimated global deaths from 1918-19 Spanish Flu epidemic |
20,000,000 | Global WW1 casualties |
16,000,000 | Global WW1 deaths |
8,000,000 | Estimated hours of WW1 Australian knitting |
7,000,000 | Immigrants who came to Australia between 1945 and 2015 |
3,000,000 | Hand knit items sent to WW1 from NSW Aboriginal stations |
1,000,000 | Pairs of hand knit Australian socks sent to WW1 |
700,000 | Refugees welcomed to Australia between 1945 and 2015 |
62,000 | Australian deaths in WW1 |
62,000 | Australian war-related deaths after the war |
45,000 | Australian deaths on the Western Front |
8,141 | Australian deaths in the Gallipoli campaign |