The Old Guard was an Australian anti-communist organisation which was founded in 1930 and was primarily active in New South Wales.
The group was primarily concerned with the social conditions arising from the Great Depression, and the actions of the Labor state government in New South Wales led by Premier Jack Lang.
[4] As fears of a communist takeover subsided, the Old Guard lacked purpose and was dissolved sometime in the 1950s.
[2] The group was sworn to absolute secrecy regarding membership, and was divided into cells so that its leadership would be hard to identify.
[1] Members were loyalists and idealists devoted to the British Empire and ready to act pre-emptively to prevent a socialist revolution in Australia.