The novel is melodramatic in its tropes of obsessive love, rape, incest and suicide, but it is also satirical, as Australian critics noted.
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Catalpa flag on display at National Museum of Ireland for first time
The flag is one of the last surviving artifacts linked to the dramatic prison break in Western Australia that unfolded 150 years ago, from April 17 to 19, 1876. During the operation, six Fenian prisoners escaped from a British penal colony and made their way aboard the US whaling ship Catalpa. Continue reading
What we are reading, listening to, at the moment
Conviction Politics I unexpectedly attended a fascinating presentation at the Celtic Club this month on the massive international Conviction Politics project. Its aim is to use recently digitised records of Tasmanian convicts to reframe Australian democratic politics. It emphasises the scale of the convict system, and focusses on the ordinary working men and women. It … Continue reading
What’s on May/June and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
Irish-Australian Women Writers: 1. Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880)
Eliza was obviously interested in people who came from different cultures, and she tried to understand them by studying their languages. We see this in some of her first poems written in Ireland. For instance, she made a point of using Irish placename spellings, rather than anglicised ones, when describing the impressive natural features of south County Down, including the Mourne Mountains. Continue reading
What’s on April/May and beyond
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What we are reading, watching, attending
Anne Duffy-Lindsay was attracted by Australia’s ‘forward thinking’ and the ‘space’ she would find. Continue reading
What’s on March/April and beyond
Irish in Australia: Irish-themed Movies, Tours, and Festivals Continue reading
Victoria’s Ground-Breaking Treaty with First Nations
It is difficult to overstate the significance of Victoria’s treaty with its Indigenous First Nations. Continue reading
Ireland’s Daughters: The Earl Grey Orphans Who Shaped Australia.
Maria left Ireland aged fourteen. According to the Irish Famine Memorial’s orphan database, she left Portumna as a Roman Catholic orphan of James and Margaret Maher (both deceased), sailing on the Thomas Arbuthnot to Sydney in 1850. Continue reading
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