The CPA National Training Centre was a communist training camp and assembly operated by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) from 1958 until the party's dissolution in 1991.^[1]

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CPA National Training Centre Minto, New South Wales
CPA National Training Centre
Coordinates	34.0337452°S 150.8804265°E / -34.0337452; 150.8804265
Established	1958
Abolished	1991

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Located in Minto, NSW, the camp operated under the front of the "Bushlovers' Club".^[2] The camp initially attracted controversy on the tail of the second red scare wave, being described as a "brainwashing" institution by the National President of the RSL^[3] and connected to various industrial agitations.^[4] Over its lifetime, Eric Aarons served as the school principal and was a key figure in its formation and operation.^[5]

Up until the 1980s^[6] part of the site's function was as a school in Marxist thought, economics, and their relation to Australian politics.^[5] During this period, and for the remainder of its life, the site also functioned as an assembly grounds where seminars on gay rights, feminism, and Indigenous Australian autonomy were held.^[5][7]

This association with Indigenous land rights movement led the National Party^[8] and the League of Rights^[9] to portray Indigenous Australian sovereignty as a communist conspiracy to establish a Marxist state within Australia.^[10] This, largely discredited,^[11][12] theory was first advanced by a book written by a former member of the CPA,^[13] which saw minor success as a result of this publicity^[14][15] but drew heavy criticism from Jewish groups over its antisemitic publisher^[12][16] and its association with racist, antisemitic organisations.^[17][9]