Catherine Fitzpatrick, a convict’s wife, conductor of the first choir of an infant colony. Continue reading
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Personal Reflections Inspired by A New History of the Irish in Australia
At the outset I must remark that all who are interested in the story of the Irish in ‘The Great South Land Under The Southern Cross’ will forever be indebted to the exceptional scholarship of two enormously talented historians, Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall. Continue reading
‘Built by the Irish People’: reflections on the 1798 memorial at Waverley and the Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
There are two significant memorials erected in Sydney in response to major events in Irish history: the 1798 Memorial at Waverley Cemetery built at the time of the centenary of the ’98 uprising, and the Australia Memorial to the Great Irish Famine unveiled in 1999. Continue reading
St Bridget’s Day book launch 1 February 2019
A new book on the Irish in South Australia launched. Continue reading
Sydney ISAANZ Conference Review
For the first time in its history the Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) conference began with an Irish language day Continue reading
Lessons to be Learned from our Irish Past
1852 brought forth a remarkably vindictive climax to Irish Orphan vilification Continue reading
2018 International Commemoration of Famine to be in Melbourne
International Famine Commemoration to be held in Williamstown. Continue reading
Brian Bourke, Barrister and Irishman (1929-2018)
What was Irish about Brian Bourke? Of course, he had the name and the face, a map of Ireland. Continue reading
Not-Always-Harmonious Australia
… So it is a book about division. But I think it is also one about integration … Continue reading
Stories from the Visitors’ Book
the title of the visitors’ book is significant. According to Professor Patrick O’Farrell, the mission adopted the practice of calling itself the ‘Irish Legation’ to further emphasise its distinctive status Continue reading
