(References to illustrations in text are bold; other illustrations indicated by ‘ill’)
Aarons, Eric, 264
Aarons, Sam, 218, 274, 297, 311, 366, 386, 397
Aboriginal Day of Mourning and Protest, 318
Abyssinia, Italian invasion of, 245, 289, 293, ill
Airey, Fred, see Blake, Jack
Alexander, Dorothy, see Gibson, Dorothy
All-Australian Trade Union conference, 1921, 81
All for Australia League, 198–9
Amalgamated Engineering Union, 256, 355
Anderson, John, 230–1
Anderson, Perry, 240–1
Anstey, Frank, 49
anti-communism, 2–3, 10–11, 48, 60, 103, 105–6, 134–5, 165, 184, 199, 211–14, 232, 303–4, 385, 389–91
Anti-Illegality and Workers’ Press Defence Committee, 268
Antico, Comrade, 127
arbitration, industrial, 32, 45–6, 50, 153–4, 158, 185, 186, 330, 332–3, 335
Arnot, Robin Page, 145
Artem, see Sergeyeff, Tom
Australasian Meat Industry
Employees’ Union (AMIEU), 135, 256
Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), 309
Australian Council for Civil Liberties (ACCL), 309, 324–5, 401, 404
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
affiliate of Pan-Pacific Trade Union movement, 112, 148, 169
collective security, 294, 307, 309, 329–30
criticised by CPA, 187
formed, 112
and National Register, 382–3
and strikes of late 1920s, 154–5
and united front, 252–3
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Engineers, 256
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
ban on Movement Against War and Fascism, 274
ban on Unemployed Workers’ Movement, 197
expulsion of communists, 92–4
federal executive, 246–7, 248–9, 292–3, 307, 342, 392
federal parliamentary Labor Party, 49–50, 165, 184, 198–9, 208
foreign policy, 293–4, 307, 382–3
formation, 45
1921 conference, 50
1924 conference, 93
Sergeyeff on, 31–2
Socialisation units, 199
state branches
New South Wales, 47, 91, 111, 136, 138–9, 196, 198–9, 210, 213, 295–6, 340–1, 342, 392–3
Queensland, 114, 135, 146, 259, 296, 393
Victorian, 113, 196, 198, 230, 294, 342
Western Australia, 296
Australian Railways Union (ARU), 186–7, 214, 263, 339
New South Wales branch, 255, 332, 338, 339
Queensland branch, 114, 135, 255
Australian Socialist Party (ASP), 13–14, 16, 21, 22–3, 31, 45, 53, 56, 69
see also Liverpool Street party
Australian Tramways Employees’ Association, 256
Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), 81, 91, 111, 114, 126, 189, 258–60
Australian Youth Council, 327
Ayr, Queensland, 258
Bacon, Eva, 399–400
Bacon, Ted, 206, 234, 349, 354, 397, 400
Baker, Clarence Wilbur (Carl), 19, 21, 70, 71, 72, 74, 88, 90, 95, 105, 122
Baracchi, Guido
apologist for Soviet Union, 375, 377–8
critic of leadership, 313, 360
departures from Communist Party, 72, 97, 99, 104, 122, 232, 388
educational organiser, 96–7, 99
financial assistance, 181, 209, 356
in formation of CPA, 21
marriage, 237
on Jock Garden, 91
raided, 397
rejoins CPA, 311–12
Barbarossa, Operation, see German invasion of Soviet Union
Barker, Tom, 48
Barrington, Joy, 126, 168, 170, 171, 208, 237, ill
Barry, Jack, 299, ill
Batterham, Joyce, 326
Beasley, Jack, 96
‘Beef Riot’, Adelaide, 191, 214, ill
Belcher, Bill, 301
Blackburn, Maurice, 81, 113, 273, 274, 294, 407
Blake, Audrey, 265, 289, 326, 328, 375–6
Blake, Jack, 115, 176, 183, 284, 286, 314, 339, 342, 343, 344, 352, 376–7, 379, ill
Blamey, Thomas, 215–16, 226, 270
Bolshevism, see communism
Book Censorship Abolition League, 279, 309
Bossone, Bob, 207
Bourke, New South Wales, 194, 212–13
Boyd, Clarrie, 398
Brady, E.J., 273
Brand, Mona, 326
Brandler, Heinrich, 145
Brest–Litovsk Treaty, 39
British seamen’s strike, 1925, 97, 98–9, 102, ill
Brodney, Bob, 13, 22, 26, 73, 113
Broken Hill, New South Wales, 27, 46, 58, 209, 252
Browder, Earl, 315
Brown, Norman, 156
Bruce, Stanley Melbourne, 99, 102, 158
Bukharin, Nikolai, 48, 64, 65, 137, 144, 145, 148, 219, 376–9
Burchett, Wilfred, 325
Burgmann, Bishop Ernest, 194, 270, 304, 320
Cairns, battle of, 194, 239, 252
Cameron, Archie, 395
Cameron, Don, 294
Carmagnola, Frank, 310
Carter, David, 322
Carter, Joe, 205–6, ill
Casey, Richard, 103
Catholic Action, National Secretariat of, 303–4, 389, 391
Catholic church, 294–5, 298, 302–7
Catholic Worker, 303–4
China, Japanese invasion of, 290, 307–8
Churchward, Lloyd, 5
Cilento, Raphael, 320–1
Civil Rights Defence League, 404
Clarey, Catherine, 274
Clarey, Percy, 294
Clark, Manning, 302
Claudin, Fernando, 41
Clayton, Wally, 400–1
Coldicutt, Ken, 302
Collinsville, Queensland, 254, 353
Common Cause, 92, 341
class war, 22, 33, 41, 206, 417
democratic centralism, 38, 40, 178, 241, 337, 358–9
dictatorship of the proletariat, 23, 39, 51, 105
discipline, 141–2, 219–21, 223, 231–2, 235–6, 240–2, 280, 348, 414–15
internationalism, 126, 267–8, 318–19
language, 2, 104–5, 119, 200, 206, 349–51
literature, 278–9
masculinity, 26, 124–5, 236–8, 263–4, 353–4
and middle class, 121, 231–5, 273–4, 277–8, 325, 347, 387, 416–17
proletarian character, 121–2, 231, 236, 273, 354, 416
and race, 127–8
and religion, 19, 85, 88, 235, 304–6
self-criticism, 162, 171, 173–5, 221–2
theatre, 278
vanguard party, 23, 37–8, 76–7, 105
and women, 325–7
Communist (Brisbane), 56
Communist Hall, Sussex Street, Sydney, 56, 74, 97, 103, 188, 191, 227, 282, ill
communist historiography, 4–6, 133, 240–1, 245, 258, 260, 291, 371–2, 413–14, 434n
Communist International (Comintern)
Anglo-American Bureau, 72–3, 75, 76, 82, 85, 129, 137, 146, 148, 149, 171, 251, 312–13, 338, 342, 346
Australian records, 9–10
Australian representatives at, 50, 63–7, 78, 82–6, 130–2, 137–8, 145–6, 148–9, 176, 209–10, 249, 251, 265, 285–6, 313, 365–6, 379
congresses
first, 62–3
fourth, 82–6, ill
fifth, 94
Executive Committee (ECCI), 65, 72, 86, 94, 130–2, 145, 160–3, 169, 172, 176, 179, 210, 220, 245, 345–6, 359, 386
and fascism, 291
plenums
eleventh, 225
twelfth, 246
thirteenth, 247
‘Queensland Resolution’, 146
representatives in Australia, 94, 138, 142, 170–1
Small Bureau, 1921, 65–6
Third Period, 142–5, 164, 179, 183–4, 203, 245–6
twenty-one conditions for membership, 40, 59
united front in 1920s, 86–7, 136, 143
united front in 1930s, 245–8
Communist League, 388
Communist Manifesto, 34–5, 107, 135, 325, 349
Communist Party of Australia (CPA)
Aboriginal campaigns, 126, 130, 265–7, 353
agrarian section, 190
bookshops, 282
branches
Adelaide, 57, 67, 71, 80, 159, 218
Biboohra, 135
Blackall, 114
Bowen, 135
Brisbane, 53, 57, 58, 69, 71, 95, 113–14, 119, 149, 150
Broken Hill, 150
Brunswick, 205
Bulli, 149
Cairns, 71, 135, 149, 150, 343
Darlinghurst, 57
Home Hill, 135
Hurstville, 113
Jewish, 311
Kalgoorlie, 268
Kurri Kurri, 114
Lithgow, 114–16, 117, 119, 127, 133–4, 138, 149–50, 206, 347, ill
Lucinda Point, 135
Melbourne, 53, 57, 71–2, 95, 97, 113, 119–20, 149, 150–1, 159
Mossman, 135
Newcastle, 53, 57, 58, 71, 114
Perth, 53, 58, 71, 113, 149, 159
Scottsville, 135
Sydney, 53, 57, 71, 74, 119, 149, ill
Toowoomba, 222
Townsville, 53, 135, 149, 150, 235, 343, ill
Trades Hall, 71
Tully, 135
West Maitland, 114
Wollongong, 114
Wonthaggi, 258
central committee, 177, 227, 228, 285, 293, 358–9, 382, 400, 409
Class Against Class, 165–6, 175, 184–5, 198, 219–20, 231, 235, 250, 279
conferences
foundation, 12–13, 16, 18, 21–3, 54
first annual conference, 1921, 71
unity, 1922 (first), 72
unity, 1922 (second), 74
second annual, 1922, 87
third annual, 1923, 94
fourth annual, 1924, 94–5
fifth annual, 1925, 113
sixth annual, 1926, 132
seventh annual, 1927, 138–41
eighth annual, 149–53
ninth annual, 1929, 162–3
congresses
tenth, 1931, 177–8, 224–5, 262
eleventh, 249, 285–7, 330, 338
Control Commission, 118, 172–3, 218, 250
denigration of opponents, 230, 241, 377
districts
formation, 177
New South Wales, 180, 280, 351
north Queensland, 114, 134–5, 343–4, 353–4
Northern Territory, 355
Queensland, 94, 114, 235–6, 280, 352–3
South Australia, 170, 281, 283–4, 355
Victoria, 180, 225–8, 280, 284, 294, 351–2, 383, 387
Western Australia, 267, 280, 300, 354, 398–9
education, 88, 117, 122–4, 349–50
electoral candidatures, 95, 159, 170, 174, 200–2, 213, 234–5, 249, 281, 312–13, 343–5, 406
executive, 74, 134, 141, 146, 151–2, 170, 172–3
finances, 89, 118, 159–60, 176, 281–2, 355–6
foreign payments, 20, 67, 79, 148, 176, 356–7
formation, 12–27 passim
illegality, 396–411 passim
raids, 396–9
infiltration of armed forces, 274–5, 382, 394–5
journals
Communist Review, 264, 282–3, 388, 396, 402
Labor Review, 181
Proletarian, 90, 105
Woman Today, 326
Woman Worker, 181
Young Communist, 265
Young Worker, 181
local government, 345
membership, 84, 89, 94, 98, 113–14, 119, 121, 135, 149, 179–80, 280–1, 351, 405
newspapers
Australian Communist, 55, 56
Communist, 70
Guardian (Queensland), 343, 356
Red Star, 282
Struggle, 282
Workers’ Star, 399
Workers’ Voice, 282
Workers’ Weekly, 90, 94, 98, 122, 141, 150, 159–60, 166, 176, 180–1, 214, 220–1, 251–2, 282–3, 356
opposition to World War II, 385–8, 390–6, 407–11
organisation, 118–19, 177–8, 281, 357–8
plenums, 222–3, 247, 263, 285, 359
political bureau, 177, 193, 334, 342, 387
popular front, 296, 311–20, 328–9, 347–8
praesidium, 177–8
publishing house, 282
‘Queensland Resolution’, 146–8, 151
records, 9–10
recruitment, 89, 179–80, 204–6, 265, 351
regionalism, 10
repression
arrests and imprisonment, 88, 129, 155, 157, 167, 175, 192, 195, 207, 208–9, 212–13, 215–16, 218, 226, 237, 399, 401–3
bashings, 60, 135, 157, 193, 205, 207, 211–13, 226, 239, 395–6
censorship, 101–2, 214, 292, 309, 348, 368, 395–6
deportation, 58, 99, 101, 214–15, 270–2
internment, 403–4
prohibition of meetings, 88, 213, 215–17, 393
surveillance, 67, 70, 85, 101, 103–4
travel restrictions, 62, 83, 84, 101, 138
Third Period, 164–6, 222–3, 237, 260, 279
trade union activity, 110–11, 116, 152–3, 186–90, 251–60, 329–40 see also Minority Movement
turn to Third Period, 132–63 passim
underground methods, 222, 399–401, 407
united front in 1920s, 81–2, 84, 87, 90–2, 95
united front in 1930s, 246–51, 258, 260, 279–80, 285–6, 340–3, 345–6
women’s section, 89–90, 117–18, 124–5, 150, 208, 236–8, 261–4, 326
Young Communist Children, 117
Young Communist League (YCL), 88, 117, 212, 216, 229, 264–5, 327–8
Young Pioneers, 264
Communist Party of France, 316
Communist Party of Germany, 67, 183, 245
Communist Party of Great Britain, 62, 97, 129, 138, 316
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)
New Economic Policy, 63–4
Third Period, 143
Communist Party of the United States of America, 170–1, 316
Contemporary Art Society, 320
Council Against War, 268–9
Counihan, Noel, 193, 216, 233, 272, 276–7, 290, 320–1, 360
Cram, Bob, 359
Crane, Gordon, 339
Crawford, Max, 302
Crimes Act, 101, 103, 214, 223, 324
Curtin, John, 307, 344, 346, 382
Davis, Lil, 402
Davison, Frank Dalby, 325, 404
Dean, William, 399
Democritus Club, 267
Depression, 165, 184–5, 189–90, 194–5, 198–9, 203–5, 238–9, 244–5, 256, 277, 354
Devanny, Jean, 126, 128, 177, 217, 218, 226, 237–8, 242–3, 259, 264, 277–8, 348, 361
Devanny, Karl, 242
Dimitrov, Georgi, 42, 245, 249, 287, 288, 291
Direct Action, 80
Dixon, Richard, 115, 176, 240, 248, 253, 257, 267, 274, 285, 312–13, 317–18, 330, 342, 352, 378, 383, 387
Docker, Ted, 170, 173, 178, 285, 359, 388
Dole Workers’ Union, 230
Domain, Brisbane, 207
Domain, Sydney, 60, 69, 106, 216, 273, 361, 389–90, 391, 393, 402, 404
Donald, Len, 176, 284, 344, 345, 352
Dubb, Henry, 88
Duhig, Archbishop, 305
Dutt, Rajani Palme, 109, 130, 148
Earsman, William Paisley
delegate to Communist
International, 61–8, 82–6, 112, ill
early life, 18–20
in formation of CPA, 20–1, 22, 53, 54–5, 59
negotiations for unity, 71
on Trotsky, 86
Eatock, Dick, 211
Eatock, Noel, 211
Edmonds, Ron, 300
Educational Workers’ League, 330–1
Elkin, A.P., 266
Engels, Frederick, 34, 107, 124, 349
Esson, Louis, 273
Eureka rising, 78, 314, 316–17
Evatt, Clive, 348
Everitt, Ray, 13, 21–2, 54, 59, 72, 73
fascism, 290–1, 298, 319, 382, 384, 408–9
Federated Clerks’ Union, 341
Federated Ironworkers’ Association (FIA), 91, 115, 126, 134, 256, 331–2
Fellowship of Australian Writers, 320, 322, 325
Finey, George, 277
Fitzpatrick, Brian, 276, 316, 324–5
Flanagan, Joe, 355
Foster, Alf, 309
Fox, Len, 234, 273–4, 289, 322, 414, ills
Foxley, Sid, 230
Franco, General Francisco, 298, 302
Free Speech League, 215–16
Freeman, Paul, 58–9, 62, 65–6, 69, 70, ill
Friends of the Soviet Union (FOSU), 181, 215, 226, 230, 233, 234, 268, 366–8, 370, 405, ill
Garden, John Smith (Jock), ills
assaulted, 213
assists Communist Party, 159
delegate to Communist International, 82–6
early life, 16–17
in formation of CPA, 21, 22, 47, 54, 57
intrigues, 80–2, 91–2, 95, 111–12, 156
leaves CPA, 112
and Pan-Pacific Trade Union movement, 111–12, 172
red flag riot, 60
and religion, 85, 88, 305, 428n
timberworkers’ strike, 155
Garland, Tom, 355
Garnsey, Rev. Arthur, 304
Garran, R. R., 103
German invasion of Soviet Union, 410–11
Gezerd, 267
Gibson, Dorothy, 273, 289, ills
Gibson, Ralph
apologist for Soviet Union, 377, 387
criticised by party leaders, 234
electoral candidate, 344–5, 406
and Friends of Soviet Union, 226
and International Peace Campaign, 297, ill
joins Communist Party, 232
on north Queensland, 353
on popular front, 289
Socialist Melbourne, 315
Gillies, Doug, 349
Gilmore, Mary, 267
Gilroy, Cardinal, 302
Glynn, Tom, 17–18, 22, 47, 54, 56, 57, 72, 79–80
Gollan, Bill, 305, 341, 392, 397, 406
Gollan, Daphne, 7, 327, 359–60
Gollan, Robin, 5
Goodwin, Joan, 326
see also Finger, Joan
Goondi, Queensland, 258
Gosling, Mark, 213
Gould, Harry, 304, 311, 349, 350
Graham, Annie and Sam, 398
Gray, Oriel, 7
Griffin, Gerald, 273
Groot, Francis de, 213
Gruppo Italiano, 267, 310
Gust, Itzhak, 267–8, 282, 311, 367
Hall, Snowy, 239
Harcourt, John, 322
Harford, Pat, 25
Hartog, Harry den, 115
Hayek, Friedrich von, 2
Healy, Evelyn, see Shaw, Evelyn
Healy, Kevin, 399
Healy, Mick, 305
Henry, Jack, 237–8, 258–9, 343–4, 353
Hewett, Dorothy, 7
Higgins, Esmonde, ill
on Australian circumstances, 108–9
on cult of the party, 104, 119
early life, 97–8
educational activity, 123, 355
historical writing, 5
resigns editorship of Workers’ Weekly, 122
resistance to Third Period, 167–8, 174, 175, 189, 224–5, 232
and turn to Third Period, 134, 138, 139, 141, 146, 148–9, 161–3
High Court, 271–2
Hitler, Adolf, 183–4, 245, 289–90, 309, 383–4, 393, 410–11
Hodgson, Agnes, 301, ill
Holman, Portia, 301–2
Holt, Edgar, 273
Hook, Chris, 17
Horne, Donald, 44
Howells, Arthur, 322, ill
Howie, Jack, 17, 61, 64, 65, 79, 88, 92, 105, 129, 138, 216
Hughes, Jack, 199, 305, 341, 392–3, 406
Hughes, William Morris, 47, 49, 158
Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 122, 157, 167, 191, 201, 209, 252, 397, 398
Hurd, Ron, 300
Industrial Peace Conference, 152, 153, 156, ill
Industrial Socialist Labor Party, 17, 47
Industrial Union Propaganda Group, 80, 81
Industrial Union Propaganda League, 57, 79
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), 17–18, 24–5, 26, 46–7, 56, 57, 80, 86, 187, 266, 317
Ingham, Queensland, 259
Inglis, Amirah, 7
International Brigade, 206, 297, 299–300, ill
International Class War Prisoners Aid (ICWPA), 181, 216, 268, 357
International Communist, 54, 59, 70, 73
International Labor Defence, 216, 267, 268, 274
International Peace Campaign (IPC), 296–7, 304, 309, 353, 354, 389
International Press Correspondence (Inprecorr), 97, 119, 181, 312, 401
International Red Aid, 118
International Socialist, 13, 21–2, 54 see also International Communist
International Unemployment Day, 190, 211
International Women’s Day, 118, 326
Investigation Branch, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (CIB), 9, 13, 21, 70, 102–4, 208, 217, 270, 274, 310, 357, 392, 394–5, 400
Jarmson, Laurie, 190
Jeffery, Norm, 114, 117, 136, 138, 145, 173, 174, 189–90, 266, 390, ills
Jewish refugees, 310
Johnson, Rev. Hewlett, 304, 324
Johnson, Jacob, 97, 102, 333–4
Johnson, Johnno, 206
Johnson, Phyllis, 402
Johnston, Elliot, 355
Jones, Claud, 354
Jones, Cliff, 222
Jones, H.E., 394 see also Investigation Branch
Kalgoorlie race riots, 268
Katayama, Sen, 137
Katoombah, New South Wales, 209
Kautsky, Karl, 50
Kavanagh, Jack, ills
critic of Stalinist terror, 388
early life and appearance, 109–10, 239
expulsion, 229–30
and Labor Council of NSW, 112, 156
resistance to Third Period, 166, 169–70, 172–5, 191, 225, 250
and turn to Third period, 132, 136, 138, 139–42, 145–6, 157
Keenan, Joe, 333–4
Keogh, Lesbia, 24–5
Khrushchev, Nikita, 2, 363, 377
Kilpatrick, Gordon, 220
King, R.A., 296
Knowledge and Unity (Brisbane), 69
Kollontai, Alexandra, 107, 262, 264
Korumburra staydown strike, 337
Kuusinen, Otto, 42
Labor Anti-War Committee, 294–5
Labor Club, University of Sydney, 232
Labor Colleges, 19, 56, 113, 122, 255
Labor Council of NSW, 16, 56, 61, 79, 80, 94, 112, 148, 153, 155–6, 168, 172, 173, 187, 191, 217, 267, 295–6, 307, 318, 329, 404
Labor Daily, 111, 112, 295, 341, ill
Labor Propaganda Group, 113
Labour Club, University of Melbourne, 231, 233, 324
Labour Research and Information Bureau, 98
Lamb, Paddy, 62, 65, 66, 67, 70
Lamm, Mary, see Wright, Mary
Lang, John Thomas, 91, 95, 111, 136, 184, 199, 295, 340–1
Latham, John, 10, 102, 158, 214–15, 271–2
Latham, Richard, 302
League Against Imperialism (LAI), 181, 265, 268
League of National Security, 211
League of Nations, 245
League of Young Democrats, 328, 391, 405
Lee, Alwyn, 324
Leece, Lionel, 95
Legal Rights Committee, 405
Legge, Jack, 303
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
on Australia, 29–30, 43–4, 78, 85–6
criticism of Stalin, 3, 42, 364
doctrine, 35–42, 62–4, 245, 264
early life, 28–9
Imperialism, 39
‘Left-Wing’ Communism, 40, 61, 63, 77–8
State and Revolution, 39, 48, 107, 349
What is to be Done?, 37, 231, 349
Lenin Enrolment Week, 118
Lenin School, 133, 159, 176, 178, 183, 224, 267, 284, 285, 327, 349, 375
Lewis, Sam, 311–12
Lindop, Jock, 115
Liverpool Street party, 55, 58, 59, 62, 69, 70–1, 72, 73–4
Lockwood, Rupert, 301, 325, 395, 406
Loughran, Jack, 128, 172, 178, 224–5, 250, 286, 305
Lovegrove, Dinny, 226–8, 230, 231, 295
Lowson, Mary, 301, ill
Lozovsky, A., 169
Luckner, Count von, 310
Lukin, Lionel, 155
Lyons, Joseph, 199, 212, 248, 309, 310, 344, 381
McClintock, Herb, ill, 207
McDougall, Bill, 206
McHenry, Pat, 331
McQueen, Humphrey, 44
Manchuria, Japanese invasion of, 245, 289
Mann, Tom, 45–6
maritime strike, 1928–29, 154
Marshall, Alan, 321
Martin, J.B. (‘Plugger’), 210
Marty, André, 313
Marx, Karl, 33–4, 107, 233, 284, 349
Masses, 275
May Day, 60, 200, 276, 369–70, ills
Maynham, Rev. Farnard, 304–5
Mensheviks, 38
Menzies, Robert, 10, 255, 271–2, 308–9, 310, 348, 381–2, 384, 391–6, 406
Miles, J.B., ill
authoritarianism, 250, 344, 352
criticism of John Anderson, 231
in early Communist Party, 69, 70, 113
general secretary, 176–7, 223, 225, 227, 285–6, 348, 360–1, 386
on popular front, 312, 316–17, 347
and religion, 305–6
and turn to Third Period, 142, 149, 159, 160, 163
on united front, 247–9, 257, 265, 341–3, 345
and women, 264
Militant, 229, 396
Militant Women’s Group, 118, 155
Millis, Roger, 7
Miners’ Federation, 92, 134, 150, 156–7, 167, 254–5, 295–6, 332, 336–7, 338, 392, 409, ills
miners’ lockout, 1929–30, 154, 156–7, 167–8
Miners’ Minority Movement, 117, 156
Minority Movement (MM), 148, 153, 155, 157, 179, 186–90, 251–4, 257–8, 263, 357 bulletins, 252, ill see also Red Leader
Modern Women’s Club, 354
Monk, Albert, 294
Moore, Herbert, 170–8, 217, 222, 224, 226, 246, ill
Moran, Stan, 218, 285, 309, 375
Morgan, Charlie, 331
Morris, Dave, 234
Mortier, Paul, 377
Moscow News, 367
Mountjoy, Bill, 238, 354, 398–9, 409
Mountjoy, Lindsay, 238
Mourilyan, Queensland, 258
Movement Against War and Fascism (MAWF), 269, 270, 271, 272–4, 289, 294, 296, 310, 387
Moxon, Bert, 226
expulsion, 176
in Liverpool Street party, 73
secretary of CPA, 166–76, 206, 218, 230, 238, 266, 286
and turn to Third Period, 113, 135, 136, 140–2, 145, 149, 159, 160, 162–3
unemployed organiser, 226
Munich agreement, 381
Murphy, J.T., 129
National Anti-War Congress
First, 268–9
National Register, 382–3
National Security Act, 393, 395–6, 403
Nationalist Party, 47, 49, 92, 102, 106, 112, 127, 154, 158
Nazi–Soviet pact, 384–5, 386, 389
Nehru, Jawahalarl, 319
Nelson, Charlie
barred from ALP, 134
Lithgow branch leader, 114–15, 138
president of Miners’ Federation, 254, 332, 336–7, 341, ill
resistance to Third Period, 178, 224–5, 239
New South Wales Teachers’
New Theatre, 320, 322, 389, 397, 406
New Zealand, 72, 117, 128, 226, 242, 273, 400
Newcastle, New South Wales, 190, 193–4, 256, 307–8, 329, 331, 336, 340, 389
O’Day, Gerald, 232–3, 234, 303, 306
Olive, Doug, 258
One Big Union, 17, 47, 49, 51, 81
Orlando, Ottavio, 310
Orr, Bill, 346
at ACTU congress, 294
delegate to Communist
International, 313
Miners’ Minority Movement, 117
organiser of Minority Movement, 157, 188–9, 251, 253–4
on Ralph Gibson, 234
removed from central committee, 409
secretary of Miners’ Federation, 254, 332, 336–7, 338, ill
and turn to Third Period, 134, 138, 139
and united front, 346
Palmer, Aileen, 301, ill
Palmer, Nettie, 98, 273, 302, 303, 322, 377, ill
Pan-Pacific Trade Union movement (PPTU), 112, 148, 157, 168, 172, 357, 436–7n, ill
Pan-Pacific Worker, 169
Pasionaria, La, see Ibarruri, Dolores
Pastoral Workers’ Industrial Union (PWIU), 189, 205, 256, 260, 299
Paterson, Fred, 92, 159, 207, 234–5, 250, 343–5, 348, 402–3, 406
Paton, E.W., 220, ill
Patullo, ‘Shorty’, 216
Payne, Tom, 73, 86, 88, 95–6, 97, 101, 112, 199, ill
Pennefather, May, 326
Petrovsky, D., 137
Phillips, Rev. Palmer, 304
Piddington, Marion, 242
Pink, Olive, 266
Playford, John, 10
Pogany, Joseph, 130
police action against communism, 60, 88, 103, 156–7, 187, 192–4, 396–9, 401–3
Pollitt, Harry, 98, 148, 175, 286, 316
Port Kembla, New South Wales, 256, 308–9, 331
Premiers’ Plan, 185
Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 113, 126, 174, 273, 300, 321, 354, 369, 373, 375, ill
Proletarian (Review), 21, 70, 90
Proletariat, 231, ill, 233, 324
Purdy, Steve, 350
Quinton, Jim, 57, 62, 65, 66, 217
Radek, Karl, 42, 48, 64, 82, 375–6, 377
radio station 2KY, 295, 309, 341, 395
Rakosi, Matyas, 85
Rathbone, Hugo, 130
Ratliff, Horace, 403–4
Rawling, James
collection of records, 10
joins Communist Party, 234
leaves Communist Party, 387–8
on party language, 350
secretary of Movement Against War and Fascism, 274
Reardon, Arthur, 13, 21–3, 26, 54, 59, 71, 72, 73–4
Rechter, Miriam, see Dixson, Miriam
Red International of Labor Unions
(RILU), 59, 65, 145, 176, 257, 329, ill
Australian section, 79, 80, 112, 117, 148, 153, 157, 168–9, 173, 214
Red Leader, 181, 188–9, 214, 225, 251–2, 257
see also Minority Movement
Reeve, Charlie, 80
Relief and Sustenance Workers’ Union, 261
Richards, Ron, 398
Riley, Charlie, 300, ill
Rivett, Albert, 273
Roach, Ted, 308
Robeson, Paul, 319
Robinson, Albert, 190, 353, 401
Roche, J.W., 94
Roland, Betty, 326, 375, 388–9, 397
Ross, Bob, 46, 50–1, 107, 109, 237, 316
Ross, Hector, 114, 122, 130, 134, 136, 138, 150, 163
Ross, Hettie, 114, 124, 136, 139, 150, 262, 331
Ross, Lloyd
and ALP, 392
historical writing, 316
joins Communist Party, 234
leaves Communist Party, 409
on middle class, 325
on popular front, 315
secretary of Australian Railways Union, 255, 332
Rothbury incident, 156
Rowe, Ted, 398
Roy, Manabendra Nath, 42, 130, 137
Rudkin, Arthur, 399
Russian Revolution, 15, 29, 39–40, 42–3
anniversary, 118, 174, 226, 232, 233, 367
impact in Australia, 47–8, 50–1, 106
see also Soviet Union
Russians in Australia, 20, 21, 26, 31, 58, 70
Ryan, Edna, 141, 168, 172, 229
Ryan, Jack, 112, 134, 138, 139, 145, 163, 168–9, 171–2, 229, 388, ill
Ryce, George, 113
Santamaria, B.A., 303–4
Sawtell, Mick, 266–7
Scott, Ben, 369
Seamen’s Union of Australia (SUA), 18, 61, 65, 97, 256, 329, 333–4
Second International, see Socialist International
Sergeyeff, Tom, 31–2, 43–4, 58, 66, ill
Sharkey, Lance
authoritarianism, 221
cult of personality, 361–2
early life, 134
editor of Workers’ Weekly, 176, 221
member of ECCI, 285–6
on popular front, 265, 312, 317
and religion, 306
surveillance, 404–5
sustenance payment, 356
in turn to Third Period, 136, 141–2, 152, 160, 163, 173
on united front, 249–50, 260, 346
and World War II, 383, 390, 407
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, 329
Shelley, Joe, 113, 119–20, 138, 149, 159, 167, 209, 274–6
Short, Laurie, 229
Simonoff, Peter, 20, 21, 48, 56, 57, 58, 65, 83
Smith, Bernard, 7
Smith, Christian Jollie
correspondence with Bill Earsman, 67
and the female communist, 90
pianist, 26
Social Democratic League, 16
socialism, 13–14, 33–6, 45–6, 50–1, 104, 122
Socialist International, 23, 28, 29, 36, 38, 63, 246–7
Socialist Labor Party (SLP), 16, 45, 56, 57
on allegations of sabotage, 219
collectivisation of agriculture, 164, 365
Five Year Plan, 365
foreign policy, 245, 269, 274, 291–2, 381, 383–6, 410
nationalities, 266
visits to, 285–6, 366–72, 375–8, ill
Spanish Civil War, 206, 290, 292, 297–303
Spanish Relief Committee (SRC), 299, 302–3, 309, 311
SS Dalfram dispute, 308–9, ill
SS Silksworth dispute, 307–8, 339–40, ill
Stakhanov, Alexi, 372–3
Stalin, Joseph
abandons anti-fascist policy, 291, 384–6
announces Third Period, 143
criticised by Lenin, 42
denounced by Khrushchev, 3, 363, 377
dictatorship, 240–1, 287, 292, 363–4, 372, 379
The Foundations of Leninism, 364
History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 379–80
1952 speech, 2
Theory and Practice of Leninism, 123, 349
Stanley, Millicent Preston, 303
State Labor Party of New South Wales, 393, 404, 405, 406
Stevens, Rev. Aubrey, 303
Stöler, G. Sydor, 436–7n, ill
Student Christian Movement, 304
Sussex Street party, see Communist Party of Australia
syndicalism, 23–4
Symons, Beverley, 6
Taylor, Beatrice, 368
Tennant, Kylie, 194
Thalheimer, August, 145
Thälmann, Ernst, 287
Third International, see Communist International
Thomas, Bill, 27, 57, 73, 92, 367
Thorez, Maurice, 286
Thornton, Ernie
and Catholic Action, 304
critic of leadership, 313, 337–8, 345, 352, 361–2
early life, 205
expelled by Lovegrove, 227, 229
in Federated Ironworkers’ Association, 256, 329, 331–2
and illegality, 397
timberworkers’ strike, 1929, 155–6, ill
Togliatti, Palmiro, 130
Townsville, Queensland, 159, 209, 235, 343
Trade Union Educational League, 116, 128
Trades and Labor Council, Brisbane (TLC), 84, 114, 187, 191, 329, 353
Trades Hall Council, Melbourne (THC), 113, 176, 187, 191, 197, 200, 226, 294–5, 329
Trades Hall Reds, 16, 19, 22, 26, 47, 79, 81, 91, 96, 172
Tripp, Ted, 135, 139, 157, 159, 160, 178, 224–5, 229, 366
Trotsky, Leon, 38, 48, 64, 65, 86, 219, 229, 318–19, 363, 379
Trotskyism, 229, 265, 292, 364, 379, 388
history of Australian communism, 4
parties in Australia, 229–30, 388, 396
Troy, Paddy, 399
Tully, Queensland, 258
Ullman, Cleeve, 92
unemployed protest
city demonstrations, 191–2, 261, ill
eviction resistance, 192–4, 211, 218
itinerant camps, 194, 239, 261
Unemployed Workers’ Movement (UWM), 179, 181, 191–8, 225, 238, 261, 263
Bulli, 195
Cairns, 194
Darwin, 191
Frankland River, 195
Hunter Valley, 196
Brunswick, 197–8
South Melbourne, 273
Mildura, 194
Newcastle, 193–4
Perth, 192
Clovelly, 192
Leichhardt, 193
Newtown, 19
Redfern, 193
Union of Russian Workers, 20
United Association of Women, 326
United Australia Party (UAP), 199, 212, 214, 215, 248, 381
United Front Against Fascism, 268
United Peace Council, 296
United Trades and Labor Council of South Australia, 187, 330, 355
USSR in Construction, 367
Varty, Vic, see Donald, Len
Victorian Council Against War and Fascism (VCAWF), 273, 294–6, 298, 300
Victorian Socialist Party (VSP), 16, 18, 19, 45–6, 51, 300
Wake, Robert, 400
see also Investigation Branch
Walker, Clifton, see Dixon, Richard
Wallis, George, 403
Walsh, Adela Pankhurst, 18–19, 26, 69, 70, 89, 303
Walsh, Tom, 18–19, 57, 65, 97, 102
Walters, Charlie, 300, ill
Waten, Judah, 119–20, 217–18, 220, 227, 276, 278, 311, 320–1, 325
Waterside Workers’ Federation (WWF), 134–5, 154, 256, 307–9, 329, 334–5
Webster, Bob, 17
Weil’s disease strike, 258–60, 268
Weitzel, Hetty, see Ross, Hetty
White, Sam, 324
White Australia policy, 32, 46, 50, 126–7, 131–2, 148, 265
Wicks, Harry, see Moore, Herbert
Williams, Idris, 255
Williams, Justina, 326
Willis, Albert, 17, 47, 80, 81, 91–2, 111
Winter, George, 128
Wobblies, see Industrial Workers of the World
Wollongong, New South Wales, 225, 329
Women’s Guild of Empire, 303
Women’s Peace Army, 18
Wonthaggi, Victoria, 254–5, 257–8, 337, 344, 369
Wood, Arnold, 316
Woodruff, Harold, 371
Workers’ Art Club, 275, 276–9, 320, 354
Workers’ Defence Corps (WDC), 181, 210–11, 238
Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), 122, 255, 355
Workers’ International Relief (WIR), 91, 118, 181, 196, 218, 268, 357
Workers’ Party of Australia (Left Opposition), 229, 231, 388 see also Trotskyism
Workers’ Sports Federation, 328
World Peace Congress, 296
World War I, 14–15, 29, 38–9, 46, 48, 204
World War II, 204, 290, 385–411 passim
Wright, Tom
and Aborigines, 266–7
party organiser, 217, 227, 234, 277
secretary of Communist Party, 117, 159
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, 329
submission, 171
and turn to Third Period, 136–8, 139, 141, 162–3, 168, 170
Writers’ Association, 319
Writers’ League, 273, 279, 319, 322
Yarra Bank, Melbourne, 200, 205, 226, 294, 390
Yezhov, N.I., 378
Young Communist Children, see Communist Party of Australia
Young Communist League, see Communist Party of Australia
Young Comrades Club, see Communist Party of Australia
Young Pioneers, see Communist Party of Australia
Zhdanov, A.A., 321
Zinoviev, Grigori, 48, 64, 219, 375
Zwolsman, Jack, 270