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After O’Farrell: Writing a New History of the Irish in Australia
Given that so much of mainstream Australian history continues to ignore the Irish or even, on occasion, to disparage them, a new general history of the Irish in Australia is overdue. Continue reading
Killurin to Kalgoorlie: the making of Hugh Mahon
The Honourable Hugh Mahon is one of the most interesting personalities in the national legislature. There has been more stirring incident in his career than in a dozen ordinary men’s lives. Continue reading
Dr. Nicholas O’Donnell: ‘A Towering Figure’
In Melbourne there is no figure that has done more for the collection, study and dissemination of uniquely Irish and Catholic texts. Continue reading
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