Alli Sinclair, 54, Geelong, Vic
Scrolling through an article about World War II, I noticed a tiny section about the Central Bureau.
A joint US-Australian signal intelligence organisation based in Brisbane, it was where a group of gutsy female code breakers known as the Garage Girls worked.
An author, I loved writing about women defying expectations.
I had no idea that Australia had its very own code breakers and how significant they’d been in ending the war.
Fascinated, in 2017, I began to research the Central Bureau and theseI wondered.
