Irish Australians varied enormously in their attitudes towards Indigneous Australians from friendship to violent dispossession.
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Not-Always-Harmonious Australia
… So it is a book about division. But I think it is also one about integration … Continue reading
In a Subjunctive Mood by David Harris
His light touch reflects his playful approach to a range of topics. Continue reading
Garrett Cotter: From Cork to Lake George
Actions by the ‘Whiteboys’ led Garrett Cotter into trouble and it was really only luck that found him on a convict ship bound for the colonies instead of the gallows Continue reading
Murder at Myall Creek- a tale of two Plunketts
Plunkett’s appointment to this senior judicial post in the colony was the first appointment of a Catholic to a significant position of legal authority. Continue reading
Proud Irish Aboriginal Senator gives Maiden Speech
Malarndirri became immersed in the Yanyuwa/Garawa culture that was her birthright Continue reading
Ó dhúchas
The Aboriginal languages of Australia are infinitely older than either Irish or English Continue reading
