CVIA program of events to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. Continue reading
Tinteán – On Line Version
Our aim is to provide serious comment and an independent perspective on a wide range of Australian/Irish topics.
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Central Victorian Irish Association
Convicted on a Comma: The Trial of Roger Casement
A man who strode the world stage as a courageous reforming anti-colonialist. Continue reading
Celebrate at the Celtic Club
St Patricks Day in Spring is upon us! Continue reading
David Monaghan’s ‘On Leaving’ enters its final phase
Beyond Leaving is a new series and the title of David Monahan’s upcoming show Continue reading
Legal implications of an Australian Plebiscite on Same Sex Marriage
Ireland held a successful constitutional referendum on this Same Sex Marriage in May 2015 because its Constitution was assumed to implicitly deny recognition to same sex marriage. Australia’s Constitution, on the other hand, leaves the issue to the Parliament to decide. Continue reading
A Child’s Wonderland
My family lived in cramped conditions in an area of inner Dublin that was a historical wonderland. None of this was at that time significant to my young mind…. Continue reading
Trevor McClaughlin’s latest challenge….
A FEATURE by TREVOR McCLAUGHLIN Reiterating some challenges to readers/researchers in his latest powerful blog. This blog is based on a talk to the International Irish Famine commemoration in Sydney in 2013. An edited version was published in Tinteán and the challenges frustratingly still remain. It is reproduced here with permission of the author in the hopes of inspiring … Continue reading
Keynote Speakers for the ISAANZ Conference in Adelaide
The forthcoming ISAANZ Conference in Adelaide is shaping up to give a magnificent interdisciplinary scholarly blend as well as a fusion of Irish and Australian cultural elements. Continue reading
Crisis in the Courts after 1916
After the Rising bridges the gap between May 1916 and the Truce in mid-1921.During this period the justice system appeared to be in constant crisis as the authorities struggled to deal with the growing insurrection in the years following the Easter Rebellion. Continue reading
‘Convicted on a Comma’, explained perfectly
Haunted by the scale of barbaric atrocities unleashed by imperialist colonisation in the Congo and later in the Putumayo, Colombia, Casement aligned with the Irish ‘freedom fighters’ who believed the Irish could achieve freedom from the scourge of British colonialism. Continue reading
