Published:
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Alison Alexander reveals the activities of the Communist Party in Tasmania. Although Tasmania has been possibly the least receptive or anywhere to the Communist Party she has delved into the records and tells the story of its efforts to make a difference/gain power in Tasmania.
Dr Alison Alexander is a seventh-generation Australian, with convict ancestors in the first, second and third fleet. She has worked as a freelance historian and as a lecturer and tutor in history at the University of Tasmania. Alison has written some 30 books about Tasmania's history. In 2014 she won the Australian National Biography Award for The Ambitions of Jane Franklin. Her most recent book is 'The O’Connors of Connorville'.