Stories about women who made an indelible impression on their children are often preserved in family folklore handed down the generations, but memory of Margaret Cooke doesn’t appear to have survived in this way… Continue reading
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Poems for an Irish Family
A bush poet turns his mind to his Famine ancestors. Continue reading
Book Review: Bathurst welcomes the Irish workhouse orphans
Anyone who has dabbled in researching Famine Orphan girls will recognise the vast amount of work and skill involved in this collection of histories. Continue reading
AN AUSTRALIAN-IRISH BOOK FESTIVAL
An Irish Australian Book Festival at Celtic at Metro Continue reading
FAMINE ROCK SENTINEL STANDS FOR 21 YEARS AT HOBSON’S BAY
Famine Orphan Girls memorial at Williamstown – 21 years on. Continue reading
Duffy House
Named for the original builders, it is a public acknowledgement of the part played by the Irish in early Perth Continue reading
Through Her Eyes: a history of Ireland in 21 women
Telling an Irish history through the lives of 21 women. Continue reading
Jane and Bridget: Shipboard Friends who ran foul of the Law
Life was not easy for Jane and Bridget, two of at least fifty famine orphan girls who were gaoled in NSW from the 1850s to 1900. Continue reading
From Armagh to Barrington: an Earl Grey orphan in Northern Tasmania.
Mary Ann McMaster came to Australia under the Earl Grey Scheme. Continue reading
130 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH – A REFLECTION ON PETER LALOR
A great-great-grandson remembers an unapologetic rebel and determined reformer Continue reading