In the century between the Napoleonic Wars and the Irish Civil War, more than seven million Irish men and women left their homeland to begin new lives abroad. W

Irish immigrants – although despised as inferior on racial and religious grounds and feared as a threat to national security – were one of modern Australia�

A new and revised edition of this acclaimed, award-winning book, it features a new chapter considering the idea of being Irish in Australia today and how this h

The women of Ireland, bond or free, have left a distinctive mark on Australia's population and culture. Irish Women in Colonial Australia provides an intriguing

The Irish contribution to Australian history goes both deep and wide. Originally published in 1986 the essays in this collection contribute both to the understa