Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsCommunistsPolitical activistsTrade unionistsHistoryJulius Roe was a student activist at the ANU in Canberra from 1971 organising campaigns againt the Vietnam War, the South African Government, for fair housing, student representation in education and the Aboriginal Embassy. In 1976 he joined the Communist Party of Australia and moved to Adelaide, becoming involved with the ATMOEA as a bus driver. He moved to Victoria in 1978, becoming a prominent rank and file member, delegate and organiser in the ATMOEA. He moved to ADSTE as an organiser in 1987 and subsequently into the MEWU on amalgamation. Throughout this time he was on the State Committee and the National Committee of the CPA and active in local campaigns.
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