North Queensland Anti-Fascism and the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War aroused passions throughout the world, partly because of persistent foreign involvement and partly because of the wider ideological conflict reflected in the struggle for political control in Spain. Indeed it has been suggested1 that it was in essence a European war confined to Spanish soil by the tacit agreement of the principal European powers. In Australia, however, the impact of the war was less discernible than in many other countries. Andrews2 claims that there were two exceptions to the general low-key reaction: the Roman Catholic Church and the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). To these should be added ?the sugar producing communities of North Queensland whose contribution to the anti-fascist forces, both in men and in financial support, was out of proportion to their size. I

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