A new history of the Irish in Australia /Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall.

Malcolm, Elizabeth,

A new history of the Irish in Australia /Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall. - Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource

"First published in Australia and New Zealand by NewSouth Publishing"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Half Title; Title; Contents; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Irish in Australia; Section One: Race; Chapter 1: The Irish race; Chapter 2: The Irish and Indigenous Australians: friends or foes?; Chapter 3: The Irish and the Chinese in white Australia; Chapter 4: Irish immigration, 1901-39: race, politics and eugenics; Section Two: Stereotypes; Chapter 5 : Irish men in Australian popular culture, 1790s-1920s; Chapter 6: Employment: Bridget need not apply; Chapter 7: Crime and the Irish: from vagrancy to the gallows; Chapter 8: Madness and the Irish; Section Three: Politics Chapter 9: Colonial politics: Daniel O'Connell's 'Tail' and the Catholic Irish premiersChapter 10: Catholic Irish Australians in the political arena after 1900: from sectarianism to the split; Epilogue: Irish Australia in the 21st century; Bibliography; Notes; Index; Backcover

Irish immigrants --



9781782053033 9781782053026


Immigrants--History.--Australia
Irish--History.--Australia


Electronic Books.

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