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World War Two (1939 - 1945)

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1939
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1945
Alternative Names
  • WWII

Resources

Books

  • Australian Women’s Conference, Australian woman’s charter, 1943, which comprises the resolutions adopted by the Australian Women’s Conference for victory in war and victory in peace, Australian Women’s Conference Committee, Sydney, 1943. Image PDF Details

Book Sections

  • Barnard Eldershaw, M, 'Liberty and violence', in Maryanne Dever (ed.), M. Barnard Eldershaw: Plaque with laurel, essays, reviews & correspondence, 1995 edn, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, pp. 250-7. Details
  • Collins, John, 'The political economy of post-war immigration', in Wheelright, E.L & Buckley, K (ed.), Essays in the political economy of Australian capitalism, volume 1, 1975 edn, vol. 1, 1975, pp. 105-129. Image PDF Details
  • Collins, John, 'Fragmentation of the working class', in Wheelwright, E.L. & Buckley, K. (ed.), Essays in the political economy of Australian capitalism, volume three, 1978 edn, vol. 3, Australia & New Zealand Book Company, Brookvale, 1978, pp. 42-85. Image PDF Details
  • Roe, Jill, 'Social policy and the permanent poor', in Wheelright, E.L & Buckley, K (ed.), Essays in the political economy of Australian capitalism, volume 1, 1975 edn, vol. 1, 1975, pp. 130-152. Image PDF Details

Fliers

  • Communist Party of Australia, Soldiers' Guardian: Unite! Fight for Independence and Victory!, Freedom Printing and Publishing Company/ Communist Party of Australia, Melbourne, 1940s, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Flanagan, B., Unity Proposals for a Labor Government, Authorised by B. Flanagan; Printed by Fraser and Jenkinson Pty Ltd, 341-5 Queen St, Melbourne., Melbourne, 1941, 1 pp. PDF Details

Journals

  • Communist Review, Central Committee Communist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, January 1947. Image PDF Details

Journal Articles

  • 'Editorial Defence and the people', Australian Left News, December, 1938, p. 2. PDF Details
  • Turner, Ian, 'Letter from New Guinea', Angry Penguins, Adelaide University Arts Association, Adelaide, May 1944, p. 94. PDF Details

Manifestos

Manuscripts

  • Unidentified typescript including "Unity for Victory" and "Wage a People's War Against Hitler", 1940s. PDF Details

Newsletters

  • Socialist Comment, vol. 14, Socialist Party of Australia (I) [This scan courtesy of the Socialist Party of Great Britain], Melbourne, February 1948. Image PDF Details
  • Communist Soldiers' Committee, Soldiers' Guardian: Published by the Communist Soldiers' Committee, Place of publication not identified, 1940s, 8 pp. PDF Details

Newspapers

  • Communists in the Fighting Services (ed.), Citizen Soldier: Published by Communists in the Fighting Services, vol. 2, no. 2, Communists in the Fighting Services, Sydney, 21 August, 1942, 6 pp. PDF Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Land armies must join air forces to smash Axis Powers in Europe', North Queensland Guardian, 11 June 1943. Image PDF Details
  • 'Allies mass 2 million to link with Red Army', Tribune (Sydney), 8 March 1945. Image PDF Details

Novels

  • Lambert, Eric, The twenty thousand thieves, Newmont, Melbourne, 1951, 1-11 & 40-9 pp. Details

Pamphlets

  • A great day for the Australian Labor Movement, 1942. Image PDF Details
  • Stick together, Central Brisbane District Committee Communist Party, Brisbane, 1943. Image PDF Details
  • The case for equal pay, c-1940. Image PDF Details
  • Bayne, Mollie (ed.), Australian women at war, Research Group of the Left Book Club of Victoria, Melbourne, July 1943. Image PDF Details
  • Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party Program for the Soldiers, Beaufort Press/ Communist Party of Australia, Sydney, 1940s, 2 pp. PDF Details
  • Communist Party of Victoria Soldiers' Welfare Committee, The Communist Party Speaks to ... The Army: Including the Communist Party Programme for Soldiers, Mebourne, 1940s, 4 pp. PDF Details
  • Crawford, R.M., The Internment of Horace Ratliff and Max Thomas, Australian Council for Civil Liberties, Melbourne, 1941, 1 pp. PDF Details
  • Fox, Len, Vote Yes: For Homes and Jobs!, Communist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of Mike Williss], Sydney, 1944, 10 pp. PDF Details
  • Hill, E.F., The H-Bomb Japanese Rearmament & You, Current Book Distributors [This scan courtesy of Mike Williss], Sydney, 1954?, 16 pp. PDF Details
  • Hill, E.F. (Ted), What is the Liberal Party?, 1945, 15 pp. PDF Details
  • Lovegrove, D, Communists and the War, Labor Call Print, 1942. Image PDF Details
  • Miles, J.B., Communist Leader Speaks: Full Report of Speech by J.B. Miles General Secretary of the Communist Party of Australia, Delivered at and Broadcast from a Mighty Demonstration at Sydney Town Hall on June 22, 1942 to celebrate the Frist Anniversary of the Soviet Union's Fight for Democracy, Sydney, 1942, 10 pp. PDF Details
  • Varga, E., Changes in Capitalism During the War, With introduction by "Aussie"; reprinted from "International Review", May 1941, The Spartacus Press for the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia, Sydney, August, 10 pp. PDF Details

Online Resources

See also

  • PEACE...and the German Problem, Queensland Peace Committee for International Co-operation & Disarmament, Brisbane, c1951. Image PDF Details