100,000 vehicles sold by 1949
 

The Commonwealth Disposals Commission reported: they had sold 100,000 motor vehicles by 1949

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...state=Victoria

Refugee cargo
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...s=l-decade=194

Arithmetic
 

The population of Australia was roughly 8 million in 1949 which means that it works out to around 80 people per surplus motor vehicle sold :)

The CDC would make a fascinating study for a book.