Black armada: Australia & the struggle for Indonesian independence, 1942-49

368 Pages·1982·11.197 MB·English

by  Rupert Lockwood

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BLACK ARMADA

BLACK
ARMADA
Rupert Lockwood
Australasian Book Society, 1975
P.O. Box A161, Sydney South, Australia.
First published 1975.
Australasian Book Society Ltd.
Sydney, Australia.
© Rupert Lockwood.
National Library of Australia Card No. SBN
ISBN 9 09916 68 3
Published with the assistance of the
Literature Board of the Australia Council.
Printed by Southwood Press Pty Limited,
80 Chapel Street, Marrickville, N.S.W. Australia.
Abbreviations
ACTU: Australian Council of Trade Unions
ALP; Australian Labor Party
CPA: Communist Party of Australia
NEI: Netherlands East Indies
NIC A: Netherlands Indies Civil Administration
NSW New South Wales
PKI; Partai Kommunis Indonesia — Communist Party of
Indonesia
RAAF; Royal Australian Air Force
RAN: Royal Australian Navy
RAPV;i: Release of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees
SEAC: South-East Asia Command
SWPA: South-West Pacific Area (Command)
TLC: Trades and Labor Council
Waterside Workers’ Federation of Australia
WWF:
N.B.
Names and titles have been used as they stood at the time;
Batavia (Djakarta), Borneo (Kalimantan), Celebes (Sulawesi),
Netherlands New Guinea (Irian Barat), Mr R. G. (Sir Robert)
Menzies, Mr R. G. (Lord) Casey, Mr P. C. (Sir Percival)
Spender and so on.
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