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Craig Collie

Code Breakers: Inside the shadow world of signals intelligence in Australia’s two Bletchley Parks by Craig Collie

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June-July 2017, no. 392
Simon Caterson reviews 'Code Breakers: Inside the shadow world of signals intelligence in Australia’s two Bletchley Parks' by Craig Collie

In architectural terms, if no other, the Australian counterpart to the famous World War II code breaking centre at Bletchley Park initially could not have been more different. While Alan Turing and his celebrated colleagues cracked the German Enigma code at a secluded mansion in the English countryside, Australia’s code breakers began working out of a nondescript ...

The Reporter and the Warlords: An Australian at Large in China’s Republican Revolution by Craig Collie

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February 2014, no. 358
Nick Hordern reviews 'The Reporter and the Warlords: An Australian at Large in China’s Republican Revolution' by Craig Collie

Celebrity knows no borders, so the Australian visitor to Xi’an, capital of China’s north-western province of Shaanxi, shouldn’t be too surprised to come across images of compatriots like Hugh ‘Wolverine’ Jackman and Nicole ‘Face of Chanel’ Kidman adorning the city’s retail centre. But if they look around in Xi’an’s museums and historical di ...

The Path Of Infinite Sorrow: The Japanese On The Kokoda Track by Craig Collie and Hajime Marutani

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December 2009–January 2010, no. 317
Steven Bullard reviews 'The Path Of Infinite Sorrow: The Japanese On The Kokoda Track' by Craig Collie and Hajime Marutani

Not surprisingly, publishers often claim that their latest offering takes the reader down a path never before trodden, to reveal new insights and understandings of well-worn topics and events. The Path of Infinite Sorrow is no exception, with the promise of a ‘whole new perspective’ on the Japanese side of the story of the Kokoda campaign in Papua during the early stages of World War II. In recent years, the status of Kokoda has challenged that of Gallipoli in the national consciousness, with a number of lengthy tomes, guidebooks, journal articles and newspaper articles, not to mention a feature movie, devoted to the campaign. But why another book, and does it offer anything new?

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