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Phil Thorne Collection

  • AU NBAC P15
  • Deposit
  • 1922 - 1985

Records of the Spanish Relief Committee, including minutes, correspondence, circulars, extracts from the diary of Una Wilson, a volunteer nurse sent to Spain by the SRC, photographs and printed material; case files of the legal firm Christian Jollie Smith & Co relating to the Rothbury Miners’ Riot Case, 1930, and the Newtown and Glebe Eviction Riot Case, 1931. Jollie Smith, a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia, was acting for the International Class War Prisoners Aid in these cases.

Thorne, Phillip T

Spanish civil war - International Brigades' members

Sam Aarons (centre), no shirt and cigarette in mouth. Photograph taken by Sefton Delmer, an Australian journalist who was correspondent for the Daily Express. Published in Daily Express 13 Aug 1937. Newspaper caption identified Frank Graham of Sunderland (wearing glasses) and "A Londoner named Auverghinos" (correct spelling Avgherinos). Jack Shaw (nee Schuckman) has also been identified in the photograph as "third from the left half reclining and smiling."

Delmer, Sefton

Spanish Relief Committee's Ambulance No. 5

Between 1937 and 1938 the Spanish Relief Committee, Sydney, donated seven ambulances, at a cost of approximately 300 pounds each, to the Spanish Government to aid victims of fascist aggression during the Civil War, 1936-1939. The Australian Council of Trade Unions also made appeals for humanitarian assistance during the Civil War in Spain.

Spanish Relief Committee's Ambulance No. 3

Between 1937 and 1938 the Spanish Relief Committee, Sydney, donated seven ambulances, at a cost of approximately 300 pounds each, to the Spanish Government to aid victims of fascist aggression during the Civil War, 1936-1939. The Australian Council of Trade Unions also made appeals for humanitarian assistance during the Civil War in Spain.

Spanish Relief Committee's Ambulance No. 2

Between 1937 and 1938 the Spanish Relief Committee, Sydney, donated seven ambulances, at a cost of approximately 300 pounds each, to the Spanish Government to aid victims of fascist aggression during the Civil War, 1936-1939. The Australian Council of Trade Unions also made appeals for humanitarian assistance during the Civil War in Spain.

Una Wilson

Sent to Spain by the Spanish Relief Committee, 1936; returned to Australia 1939.

Paris Committees - Correspondence

Comprises correspondence with international relief committees, including 1. El Socorro Rojo Internacional (SRI) (international Popular Aid), Valencia. -- 2. Comité international de coordination et d'information pour l'aide à l'Espagne républicaine, Paris. -- 3. Centrale Sanitaire Internationale, Paris. -- 4. Office International pour l'Enfance, Paris.

Republican Spain : weekly notes and news, nos. 1-11

Includes: 1. Speech of Dr Negrin, Prime Minister of Spain, 10 June 1938. -- 2. A biography of Dr Juan Negrin. -- 3. Two years in Spain. -- 4. Two years of war in Spain against the Italo-German Army. -- 5. Fascism and irreligion / by Father Leocardio Lobo. -- 6. Open letter to the editor,The Times, signed by Father Leocardio Lobo. -- 7. The Republic's work in the field of culture. -- 8. The Spanish People's Army. -- 9. The Ebro offensive. -- 10. Towards a final victory. -- 11. Copy of Father Leocardio Lobo's letter to Mr J Kirwan, Dublin.

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