Raised a Radical - The Englarts in Brisbane 1920-1939
- Vince Englart

This essay has no pretensions either as biography or as literature but as the account of the life of my family as far as I can gather. If it reads like fiction it is because, lacking concrete documentation, I've fallen back on invention to fill in the details. I'm sure that there has been as much drama in my antecedents' lives that could give substance to a novel but like most ordinary people their lives have never been recorded. I would be happy if family or friends can help with the missing details.

1. MY BEGINNING - TED AND KATE
2. THE GERMAN CONNECTION
3. MY IRISH BIT
4. THE FAMILY HOME
5. SCHOOLDAYS
6. DEPRESSION
7. COMMUNISTS
8. TRANSPORT & Adventure
9. TED AND BILL
10. SICKNESS in the Family - Lonnie
11. SWIMMING
12. COWS and CHOOKS
13. STATE SCHOOL DAYS

For more information:

• Vince Englart - Social Activist (1923-2000) Obituary (Sydney Morning Herald - 04-12-2000)
  Vince Englart was a model Australian communist and social activist for more than 60 years.
• Vince's Parable of the Sundial at Workers Online Issue 61 or Local Version
  Vince Englart, a builders labourer, describes how he rescued the Brisbane Planetarium Sundial.
• Kevin Englart - Teacher (1925-2000) Obituary (Sydney Morning Herald - 19-06-2000)
  Kevin Englart overcame political blacklisting by moving interstate. He was a dedicated teacher of mathematics for more than 30 years.
• Ted Englart (1896-1982) - "The Workers will win"
  Obituaries on Ted Englart, former Secretary, Brisbane Branch of the Waterside Workers Federation, and prominent Queensland communist.
• The Queensland Rail Strike 1948
  Ted Englart played a prominent role in the 1948 Rail Strike.
• Workers control on the wharves of Brisbane - 1946
  Ted Englart helped organise this direct action on the wharves in 1946.
• Homegrown Communism - recollections of the Young Communist League in 1930s Brisbane
  Some personal reminiscences by Ron Brown of growing up as a radical in Brisbane during the 1930's.