A New History of the Irish in Australia

Dianne Hall, Elizabeth Malcolm

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New South Wales Univ Pres
01 November 2018

History; British & Irish history; Australasian & Pacific history

Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards 2019: History

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.

In his landmark 1986 book The Irish in Australia, Patrick O'Farrell argued that the Irish were central to the evolution of Australia's national character through their refusal to accept a British identity.

A New History of the Irish in Australia takes a fresh approach. It 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 IrishAustralian experience was

and is

unique.

'A necessary corrective to the false unity of the term ""Anglo-Celtic"", this beautifully controlled and clear-sighted intervention is timely and welcome. It gives us not just a history of the Irish in Australia, but a skilful account of how identity is formed relationally, often through sectarian, class, ethnic and racial divisions. A masterful book.'  - Professor Rnn McDonald, University of Melbourne

By: Dianne Hall, Elizabeth Malcolm
Imprint: New South Wales Univ Pres
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781742235530
ISBN 10: 1742235530
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Malcolm is an honorary professorial fellow and formerly Gerry Higgins Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne, has published on policing, mental health, gender and popular culture in Ireland, as well as on the Irish diaspora in both Britain and Australia. Dianne Hall is a senior lecturer in History at Victoria University, Melbourne, has published widely on the Irish in nineteenth-century Australia, as well as on gender, religion and violence in Ireland.