Resources

Exhibition – The Petrov Affair 12 August 2004 – 3 April 2005
at Old Parliament House
King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600

Bookings and Enquiries: (02) 6270 8282
Website: www.moadoph.gov.au
See further: Petrov Affair – Education Programs

Background Reading: The Petrov Affair

• The Petrov Affair – Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
• National Archives National History Challenge Essay Winner – “Conflicts and resolutions arising from the Petrov defections” by Nicola Connell, 2003
• Mrs Petrov’s death brings bizarre affair to end by Robert Manne, The Age, 27 July, 2002
• Wikipedia – The Petrov Affair
• Discovering Democracy – Topic 3: ‘Movements against Communism 1951–54.’

Background Reading: The Royal Commission

• National Archives of Australia factsheet: The Royal Commission on Espionage, 1954–55.
• Royal Commission Act of Australia
• The Petrov Royal Commission

Recommendations and Conclusions

Email address for real world feedback: helen.mchugh@moadoph.gov.au

Other online resources

• ABC Stateline report on the Petrov Exhibition, 13 August 2004

Multimedia resources

• The Safe House, Short film, Australia, 2006
• The Petrov Affair mini-series, Australia, 1987

Offline resources

Hirst, J., Australia’s Democracy; A Short History, Ch 4, ‘Threats to Democracy 1920 – 1970’, 2002
Horne, Donald, 10 Steps to a more tolerant Australia, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 2003
Lowe, David, Australia’s Cold War 1948 – 1954, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 1999.
Manne, Robert, The Petrov Affair. Politics and Espionage, Pergamon, Sydney, 1987.
McKnight, David, Australia’s Spies and their Secrets, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1994.
McKnight, David, Espionage and the Roots of the Cold War: The Conspiratorial Heritage, Frank Cass, London, 2002.
Petrov, Vladimir and Evdokia, Empire of Fear, Andre Deutsch, London, 1956.