Blake, Audrey

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Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsCommunistsHistoryAudrey and her husband Jack D. Blake were prominent members of the Communist Party of Australia. Both were particularly vocal during the Liberal Party's assault on the CPA and Jack Blake wrote numerous articles and papers on the Cold War. Audrey was the first Secretary of the Eureka Youth League (q.v.) when it was formed during the second world war. The ABC broadcast an interview with Audrey Blake on 29 November, 6 and 13 December 1986. She has written a history of the EYL a copy of which is deposited with University of Melbourne Archives (see Eureka Youth League Collection Accession No. A.1994 .0096.)

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