According to the Bureau of Statistics consumer price index, the dollar experienced an average inflation rate of 5.30% per year. Prices in 2008 are 3430.8% higher than prices in 1939.
In other words, AU$100 in the year 1939 is equivalent in purchasing power to AU$3,530.77 in 2008, a difference of AU$3,430.77 over 69 years.
The inflation rate in 2008 was 4.44%.
|Cumulative price change||3430.77%|
|Average inflation rate||5.30%|
|Price difference (AU$100 base)||AU$3,430.77|
|CPI in 1939||2.6|
|CPI in 2008||91.8|
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Raw data for these calculations comes from the government of Australia's annual (CPI) as provided by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The consumer price index was established in 1922 and is tracked by Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “1939 dollars in 2008 | Australia Inflation Calculator.” U.S. Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 23 May. 2018, https://www.officialdata.org/1939-AUD-in-2008.