Intelligence and security
1982 and 1983 Cabinet records release: transcript
January 2012
Narrator: On 1 January 2012, the federal Cabinet records of 1982 and 1983 were opened and released to the public for the first time. These documents provide interesting insights into the Continue reading
The ‘friendly alien’ in wartime Australia
Issue 5 January 2012
Dr Daniel Leach uses the Archives' records to provide an insight into how Australia's friendly aliens were treated during World War II. Continue reading
Tags: 1940s, alien, internment, Issue 5, World War II
Categories: Defence, Intelligence and security
What a gem! Enemy property: café noir, dolly pink and chin-chin blue
Issue 5 January 2012
Why was a beautiful colour swatch card from 1928 considered enemy property during World War II? Continue reading
Tags: 1920s, fashion, Issue 5, World War II
Categories: Archives, Defence, Intelligence and security, Social history
Legal Resident: transcript
1960s October 2011
Narrator: On Thursday 7th February 1963, the evening newspapers across Australia carried banner headlines over the story that unmasked Ivan Skripov to the world as a Soviet spy. Skripov was Continue reading
What a gem! ASIO counterespionage on film
Issue 4 October 2011
Watch Legal Resident – an ASIO training film from 1963. Continue reading
Arnold von Skerst: a Nazi in Australia
Issue 3 July 2011
Arnold von Skerst, editor of Australia’s Nazi propaganda newspaper Die Brücke in the 1930s – revealed through Archives records. Continue reading
Tags: 1930s, 1940s, internment, Issue 3, nazi, von Skerst
Categories: Intelligence and security, Politics