Australia's best 20-year period in residential property markets: Property Professor Peter Koulizos

The best 20-year period for Australian price growth was from 1969 to 1989, when prices increased a total of 941.5%.

"That’s the equivalent of an annual increase of 12.4%," noted Peter Koulizos, a lecturer in property for a number of academic institutions, including UniSA.

He noted in News Ltd papers that this was during a time of generally great economic prosperity, mainly due to a large number of migrants settling in Australia, creating a great demand for property.

The data was derived from research done by Nigel Stapledon titled "A History of Housing Prices in Australia 1880-2010".

Here is a link to the shortened version of this research.