• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE2172

The United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia

(From 1953 – )

Summary

The United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia was established in Sydney in September 1953. Representatives from various national organisations made up the Council. It sought to co-ordinate the groups’ anti-Communist activities and actions aimed at liberating their respective homelands from Communist control. The Advisory Committee was composed of Australian representatives, including State politicians, Douglas Darby and Eileen Furley, and Federal politician, W. C. Wentworth.

Archival resources

  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Captive Nations Council of New South Wales - records, 1953-1998, together with the records of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia, 1953-1966

Published resources

  • Resource
    • Trove

Related entries


  • Secretary
    • Looveer, Lia (1920 - 2006)