The Most Dangerous Man in Australia?

Barbara Winter

Jan 2010 · Interactive Publications

About this ebook

Who was "the most dangerous man in Australia" in the years before World War II? Was it the geologist who obtained nickel and molybdenite to prolong the life of Krupp guns and help "our dear F hrer" to win the next war? Or perhaps the journalist who took Japanese money in return for persuading politicians that the peace-loving Japanese were no threat to Australia? Or the Vichy French Consul-General who urged the Japanese to seize New Caledonia, while he threatened the lives of Free French supporters in Australia? These are some of the intriguing characters to be found in this book. Judge for yourself who deserves the distinction!

Ratings and reviews

I'm related to Julius August Bohn and Rudolph Johannes Bohn, so this was a very interesting and strange insight on my family history.

About the author

 Barbara Winter was born in Western Australia in 1931 and graduated from the University of Western Australia with an Honours degree in modern languages.  She won a scholarship that enabled her to study at the interpreters training centre attached to the University of Heidelberg, 1954-55, before she returned to teaching in Western Australia and Queensland. She gave up teaching in 1977 for domesticity, further study and a writing career.

While carrying out research for the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, she discovered in the records of the secret service organisations a lot of interesting and largely unknown material that did not fit into either thesis. What is included in this book is only a small part of that which exists.

Her previous book with Glass House Books is The Australia First Movement.