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Irish Melbourne on the Kulin lands, 1835-2024

Irish Melbourne on the Kulin lands, 1835-2024

this talk offers six snapshots from the 190 years of the Irish and their descendants who settled in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin nation. Short overviews are offered of settler and Indigenous histories, followed by stories about Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, my great-grandfather John Noone, Archbishop Daniel Mannix, and Uncle Wayne Atkinson.  Continue reading