Chorkles Sees Red
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In Those Days
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Peter Tangey is back to talk about another chapter in Chorkles Moss's life. She gave evidence at the Victorian Royal Commission on Communism in 1949. We talk about how divisive communism became for Australian politics and communities.
Trove
'Ideals akin to Christianity', The Herald, 26 July 1949
'Woman farmer's evidence at Red inquiry', The Argus, 27 July 1949
Miss Mabel Grubb, Western Mail, 20 October 1927
'Success at Oxford', The West Australian, 15 August 1933
Other
'The Victorian Royal Commission on Communism, 1949-50' by Vicky Rastrick
Sir Charles Lowe, Australian Dictionary of Biography
'Australia's Game' by Professor Matthew Nicholson
Report of Royal Commission inquiring into the origins, aims, objects, and funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and other related matters
'Reds Under the Bed: 100 Years of Communism in Australia', Australian National University
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