Ebony Nilsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ebony Nilsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ebony |
| FAMILY NAME | Nilsson |
| SIGNATURE | NILSSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University , 115 Victoria Pde, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6525-5555 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spectacle and Spy Stories
The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance. In this respect, the commission was a political watershed and has been the subject of a rich scholarship. But the inquiry also did much to shape public perceptions of espiona…
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A Bloody Migrant Who Thinks He Can Run a Union
Jerzy Bielski, a Polish displaced person (DP) who resettled in Australia in 1949, was the first post-war migrant to work for an Australian trade union. He was recruited in 1951 by the Australian Workers Union (AWU) as a migrant unionist and, some years later, established his own migrant trade union: the New Citizens Council. The council faced heavy criticism from within the trade union movement, including by right-wing DPs who, acting as Cold War…
Real and Imagined Encounters in the Social History of Surveillance
Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Petrov’s defection to the West in 1954 was Australia’s first Cold War spy scandal, quickly dubbed the “Petrov Affair.” It was followed by a Royal Commission investigating Soviet espionage, during which the cover of Michael Bialoguski, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s main agent in the Petrov operation, was blown. Bialoguski, a Polish refugee, had been targeting not just Petrov but the pro-So…
On the Left
Whilst most Russian-speaking displaced persons (DPs) settled in Australia were anti-Communist, a small number were actively left-wing. This article examines the revitalisation of Sydney’s left-wing Russian Social Club sparked by the arrival of DPs from both Europe and China. Using recently released intelligence records, it highlights the voices and activities of left-wing DPs and suggests that the impacts of state surveillance and the Petrov Affa…
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On the Left
Whilst most Russian-speaking displaced persons (DPs) settled in Australia were anti-Communist, a small number were actively left-wing. This article examines the revitalisation of Sydney’s left-wing Russian Social Club sparked by the arrival of DPs from both Europe and China. Using recently released intelligence records, it highlights the voices and activities of left-wing DPs and suggests that the impacts of state surveillance and the Petrov Affa…
Real and Imagined Encounters in the Social History of Surveillance
Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Petrov’s defection to the West in 1954 was Australia’s first Cold War spy scandal, quickly dubbed the “Petrov Affair.” It was followed by a Royal Commission investigating Soviet espionage, during which the cover of Michael Bialoguski, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s main agent in the Petrov operation, was blown. Bialoguski, a Polish refugee, had been targeting not just Petrov but the pro-So…
A Bloody Migrant Who Thinks He Can Run a Union
Jerzy Bielski, a Polish displaced person (DP) who resettled in Australia in 1949, was the first post-war migrant to work for an Australian trade union. He was recruited in 1951 by the Australian Workers Union (AWU) as a migrant unionist and, some years later, established his own migrant trade union: the New Citizens Council. The council faced heavy criticism from within the trade union movement, including by right-wing DPs who, acting as Cold War…
Go back to where you came from
Spectacle and Spy Stories
The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance. In this respect, the commission was a political watershed and has been the subject of a rich scholarship. But the inquiry also did much to shape public perceptions of espiona…
History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works) · Cold war (2 works) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Espionage (2 works)