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The story of the first 25 years of Australia's national signals
intelligence organisation, told for the first time. 'This story has
never been told, because in the secret world we could not, and
cannot, share what we do all day, even with family and loved ones.'
- from the foreword by Rachel Noble, Director-General, Australian
Signals Directorate At the end of World War II, it was clear that
the nation must never again find itself entering a major war
without a national intelligence capability. The Factory tells the
story of how Australia's talented signals intelligence amateurs
took an ad hoc wartime organisation and made it a national agency
that became a highly regarded member of the 'five eyes' signals
intelligence system. Founded in 1947 as the Defence Signals Branch,
the organisation built upon the foundations put in place by the
interwar Royal Australian Navy and wartime signals intelligence
agencies, particularly Central Bureau Brisbane, which comprised
personnel from all five eyes nations. Today's Australian Signals
Directorate continues the work of protecting the interests of the
nation and its allies. This is the story of the people who did the
everyday work of capturing and analysing foreign signals. It
reveals how they approached the complexity of world politics and
managed massive technological change, from the days of radio
transmissions to high-capacity machine systems and computing during
the Vietnam War.
Essential aspects about the prehistory, history, geography, and
architecture of the Inland Pacific Northwest are presented here in
one succinct volume. This landmark collection features essays by
noted national and regional scholars, such as Donald W. Meinig,
Carlos A. Schwantes, Henry Matthews, Clifford E. Trafzer, and
Harvey S. Rice. Spokane and the Inland Empire outlines the region's
historical geographic systems, Palouse tribal history,
characteristics of prehistoric Plateau Indian dwellings, a century
of Columbia Plateau agriculture, Spokane's bitter labor disputes
that occurred prior to America's entry into World War I, the
exceptional architecture of Spokane's Kirtland Cutter, and more.
This new edition has been revised from the original volume
published in 1991. Extensive illustrations supplement the text.
Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians
spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they
immediately set about protecting Australia's interests from the
Germans, the Japanese - and from Britain itself. As an experienced
intelligence officer, John Fahey knows how the security services
disguise their activities within government files. He has combed
the archives to compile the first account of Australia's
intelligence operations in the years from Federation to World War
II. He tells the stories of dedicated patriots who undertook
dangerous operations to protect their new nation, despite a lack of
training and support. He shows how the early adoption of advanced
radio technology by Australia contributed to the war effort in
Europe. He also exposes the bureaucratic mismanagement in World War
II that cost many lives, and the leaks that compromised Australia's
standing with its wartime allies so badly that Australia was nearly
expelled from the Anglo-Saxon intelligence network. Australia's
First Spies shows Australia always has been a far savvier operator
in international affairs than much of the historical record
suggests, and it offers a glimpse into the secret history of the
nation.
Joseph R. Garry (1910–1975), a Coeur d’Alene Indian, served six
terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in
the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the federal government to
honor treaties and landownership and dominated an era in
government-Indian relations little attended by historians. Firmly
believing that forced assimilation of Indians and termination of
federal trusteeship over Native Americans and their reservations
would doom Indian cultures, Garry had his greatest success as a
leader in uniting American Indian tribes to fend off Congress’s
plan to abandon Indian citizens. Born into a chief’s family and
raised on the Coeur d’Alene reservation in northern Idaho, Garry
rose to chairmanship of his tribal council, president of the
Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians, and leadership of NCAI.
He was the first Native American elected to the Idaho House and
Senate. Handsome, personable, and articulate, Garry traveled
constantly to urge Indian tribes to hold onto their land, develop
economic resources, and educate their young. In a turbulent decade,
Garry elevated Indians to political and social participation in
American life, and set in motion forces that underlie Indian
relations today.
A young man becomes a research scientist wanting to fight against
diseases, tormented by memories of his troubled teenage years and
nightmares, fearing he will have a short life to achieve his
ambitions.
There are times when an idyllic childhood in Ireland, even for just
a few years, can sustain that child as he grows older, encountering
physical abuse and terror. That was so for me between 1949 and
1953. Ireland has been in my heart ever since. My memoir is about a
battering alcoholic father who would not accept me as his son. It
is about my love of Ireland sustaining me, giving me the courage to
fight back against despair, to survive a road accident, to seek a
better life through reading and hope and education. It is about a
growing awareness of being gay under legal intolerance. It is about
never giving up. It is about surviving against the odds.
Joseph R. Garry (1910-1975), a Coeur d'Alene Indian, served six
terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in
the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the federal government to
honor treaties and landownership and dominated an era in
government-Indian relations little attended by historians. Firmly
believing that forced assimilation of Indians and termination of
federal trusteeship over Native Americans and their reservations
would doom Indian cultures, Garry had his greatest success as a
leader in uniting American Indian tribes to fend off Congress's
plan to abandon Indian citizens. Born into a chief's family and
raised on the Coeur d'Alene reservation in northern Idaho, Garry
rose to chairmanship of his tribal council, president of the
Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians, and leadership of NCAI.
He was the first Native American elected to the Idaho House and
Senate. Handsome, personable, and articulate, Garry traveled
constantly to urge Indian tribes to hold onto their land, develop
economic resources, and educate their young. In a turbulent decade,
Garry elevated Indians to political and social participation in
American life, and set in motion forces that underlie Indian
relations today.
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