Papers seized from Australian Communist Party, Brisbane Branch - Correspondence in English and Russian

Item

Title
Papers seized from Australian Communist Party, Brisbane Branch - Correspondence in English and Russian
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Australia
Correspondence
Political parties
Communism
Queensland
Russian language
Category
3. World War I
Keywords
investigation
Creator
Investigation Branch, Queensland
Current holder
National Archives of Australia, Brisbane
Date
1923
Link
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=10282370
Series number
BP230/6, 5
Item number
10282370
Access rights
Digitised
Rights 
Copyright National Archives of Australia
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Brisbane
Language 
Russian
English
Description from source
Description of series:
With the perceived threat on Australia's security during WWI, police were given the power to investigate individuals suspected of disloyalty. Police acted under the regulations of the War Precautions Act 1914.

This series includes papers seized from the Communist Party of Australia, Brisbane Branch and various trade unions. Some are papers belonging to Nicholas Lagutin, an active member of the Communist Party of Australia. Records include correspondence between members of various unions, notes, agenda papers, reports on various activities, notebooks with addresses, press clippings and pamphlets. Some papers are written in Russian. Also includes correspondence between various union officials discussing the Pastoral Workers strike of 1917.
This series consists of records merged from BP230/4, BP230/5 and BP230/7.
Physical format
Correspondence
Manuscripts