This year’s Famine Rock commemoration has the world’s eyes on Melbourne… Continue reading
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Impromptu music at the 2016 Famine commemoration at Williamstown
Ambassador Breandán took an inclusive and humanist approach, linking the sufferings of the victims of the Irish Famine with those of people displaced today. Continue reading
Review of Famine Rock Commemoration
the main emphasis of his address was to the impressive histories of all the Irish diaspora around the world, Continue reading
Irish Famine Orphans Commemoration Day
There is a surprising wealth of information in local and world history in the reminiscences of this event and how the struggles and displacement of these women pioneers, the refugees of their day, mirror life today. Continue reading
Irish Famine Orphan Girls Commemoration Day
Irish Famine Orphan Girls Commemoration Day was held at the Famine Rock in Hobson’s Bay, Williamstown on the 17th Nov 2013. The Commemoration is held every year to remember the girls and young women, victims of the Great Famine, who came to Australia under the Earl Grey Scheme. Member for Williamstown Wade Noonan and Hobsons … Continue reading
Irish Famine Orphan Girls Commemoration
Famine Rock Celebration Continue reading