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Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs

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DORCA, the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs was a mysterious and difficult to categorise think tank and possibly intelligence organisation within the Australian Army in WWII. [1]

15 relations: Alfred Conlon, Australian School of Pacific Administration, Bohemianism, Camilla Wedgwood, Harold Stewart, Ian Hogbin, Ida Leeson, James McAuley, James Plimsoll, John Kerr (governor-general), Julius Stone, Mitchell Library, Peter Ryan (columnist), The Courier-Mail, William Edward Hanley Stanner.

Alfred Conlon

Colonel Alfred Austin Joseph (Alf) Conlon (7 October 1908–1961) was the head of the Australian Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs (DORCA) in World War II.

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Australian School of Pacific Administration

The Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) was a tertiary institution established by the Australian Government to train administrators and later school teachers to work in Papua New Guinea.

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Bohemianism

Bohemianism is the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties.

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Camilla Wedgwood

Camilla Hildegarde Wedgwood (25 March 1901 - 17 May 1955) was a British anthropologist and academic administrator.

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Harold Stewart

Harold Frederick Stewart (14 December 19167 August 1995) was an Australian poet and oriental scholar.

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Ian Hogbin

Herbert Ian Priestley Hogbin ("Ian Hogbin") (17 December 1904 – 2 August 1989) was a British-born Australian anthropologist.

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Ida Leeson

Ida Emily Leeson (11 February 1885 – 22 January 1964) was the Mitchell Librarian at the State Library of New South Wales from December 1932 – April 1946.

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James McAuley

James Phillip McAuley (12 October 1917 – 15 October 1976) was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism.

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James Plimsoll

Sir James Plimsoll, (25 April 1917 – 8 May 1987) was an Australian diplomat and the 22nd Governor of Tasmania.

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John Kerr (governor-general)

Sir John Robert Kerr, (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was the 18th Governor-General of Australia.

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Julius Stone

Julius Stone (7 July 1907 – 1985) was Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972, and thereafter a visiting Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales and concurrently Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the Hastings College of Law, University of California.

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Mitchell Library

The Mitchell Library is a large public library and centre of the City Council public library system of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Peter Ryan (columnist)

Peter Allen Ryan MM (4 September 1923 – 13 December 2015) was a newspaper columnist, author, World War II spy, director of Melbourne University Press and an officer of the Victorian Supreme Court.

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The Courier-Mail

The Courier-Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia.

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William Edward Hanley Stanner

William Edward Hanley "Bill" Stanner CMG (24 November 19058 October 1981) was an Australian anthropologist who worked extensively with Indigenous Australians.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directorate_of_Research_and_Civil_Affairs

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