| CPA National Training Centre Minto, New South Wales | |
|---|---|
  CPA National Training Centre | |
| Coordinates | 34°02′01″S150°52′50″E / 34.0337452°S 150.8804265°E Coordinates: 34°02′01″S150°52′50″E / 34.0337452°S 150.8804265°E |
| Established | 1958 |
| Abolished | 1991 |
The CPA National Training Centre was a communist training camp and assembly operated by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) from 1958 until the party's dissolution in 1991. [1]
Located in Minto, NSW, the camp operated under the front of the "Bushlovers' Club". [2] The camp initially attracted controversy on the tail of the second red scare wave, being described as a "brainwashing" institution by the National President of the RSL [3] and connected to various industrial agitations. [4] Over its lifetime, Eric Aarons served as the school principal and was a key figure in its formation and operation. [5]
Up until the 1980s [6] part of the site's function was as a school in Marxist thought, economics, and their relation to Australian politics. [5] During this period, and for the remainder of its life, the site also functioned as an assembly grounds where seminars on gay rights, feminism, and Indigenous Australian autonomy were held. [5] [7]
This association with Indigenous land rights movement led the National Party [8] and the League of Rights [9] to portray Indigenous Australian sovereignty as a communist conspiracy to establish a Marxist state within Australia. [10] This, largely discredited, [11] [12] theory was first advanced by a book written by a former member of the CPA, [13] which saw minor success as a result of this publicity [14] [15] but drew heavy criticism from Jewish groups over its antisemitic publisher [12] [16] and its association with racist, antisemitic organisations. [17] [9]
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