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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Family File
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'In early 1965 at age thirteen, Mark Aarons came under the 'adverse notice' of ASIO, which opened volume one of his nine-volume security file. Mark was following in the footsteps of his father, Laurie Aarons, whose 85-volume file commenced in the early 1930s when he was fourteen.

'For four generations the Aarons family were "subversive revolutionaries", avowed communists who challenged the established constitutional order.

'Having obtained access to his family's ASIO files - the largest collection in the nation's history - Mark Aarons combines their meticulous chronicles with his family's own accounts to tell a political tale of revolution and dissent, idealism and intrigue. It is also an intimate story of life under surveillance, a reflection on communism and its legacy, and on what it was to be a radical in Australia in eventful times.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2010 .
      Extent: xviii, 346p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-334) and index.
      ISBN: 9781863954815 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Red Confession with a Twist Michael Easson , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 54 no. 9 2010; (p. 16-17)
The Royal Family of Australian Communism Patrick Morgan , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 54 no. 9 2010; (p. 12-15)
False Promise Dennis Altman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 25-26)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
The Secret Life of Us Jeff Sparrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2010; (p. 27)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
Security, Communism and One Family's Very Thick File Ross Fitzgerald , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 July 2010; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
Security, Communism and One Family's Very Thick File Ross Fitzgerald , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 July 2010; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
The Secret Life of Us Jeff Sparrow , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 August 2010; (p. 27)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
False Promise Dennis Altman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 25-26)

— Review of The Family File Mark Aarons , 2010 single work autobiography
The Royal Family of Australian Communism Patrick Morgan , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 54 no. 9 2010; (p. 12-15)
Red Confession with a Twist Michael Easson , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 54 no. 9 2010; (p. 16-17)
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