TY  - BOOK
AU  - Malcolm,Elizabeth
AU  - Hall,Dianne
ED  - National Museum of Australia
TI  - A new history of the Irish in Australia
SN  - 9781742235530
AV  - DU125.I7 N68 2011
U1  - 305.89162094 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Canberra
PB  - National Museum of Australia Press
KW  - Irish
KW  - Migrations
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - fast
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - Emigration and Immigration
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Oceania
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Australian
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-390) and index
N2  - Irish immigrants - although despised as inferior on racial and religious grounds and feared as a threat to national security - were one of modern Australia's most influential founding peoples. A New History of the Irish in Australia takes a fresh approach draws on source materials not used until now and focuses on topics previously neglected, such as race, stereotypes, gender, popular culture, employment discrimination, immigration restriction, eugenics, crime and mental health. This important book also considers the Irish in Australia within the worldwide Irish diaspora. Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall reveal what Irish Australians shared with Irish communities elsewhere, while reminding us that the Irish-Australian experience was - and is - unique
ER  -