Especially after the end of the Second World War, which left the country, like the U.S., relatively unscathed, its strong economy, which ranked among the world's top, and its abundant capital at the time laid a good foundation for the development of its universities and academic research.
尤其第二次大戰後，澳洲和美國一樣，未受戰爭破壞，經濟情況在全球名列前茅，當時充裕的資金，為大學發展和學術研究打下不錯的基礎。