A new history of the Irish in Australia / Elizabeth Malcolm & Dianne Hall.
Publication details: Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781742235530
- History of the Irish in Australia
- Irish in Australia
- Irish -- Migrations
- Immigrants
- Irish
- Immigrants -- Australia -- History
- Irish -- Australia
- Irish -- Australia -- History
- Australia -- Emigration and Immigration -- History
- Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Oceania
- Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Australia
- Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Australian
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- DU125.I7 N68 2011
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 305.891 MAL | Available | 068956 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-390) and index.
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.
