Ireland

The Irish Manufacturers of Victoria

The Irish Manufacturers of Victoria

Dr Pescod examines the lives of some of Irish born immigrants who established Victorian companies manufacturing a very wide range of products. They were part of the growth of manufacturing industries that saw Victoria outstrip the other colonies and become the industrial powerhouse driving the Australian economy during much of the 20th century.

Webcast Duration
44 minutes
Presenter
Keith Pescod
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Scots-Irish

Scots-Irish

The presentation discusses the Scots-Irish, the people descended from Scots who migrated to Ireland, principally Ulster, from the 1600s under the scheme known as the Plantation of Ireland. The processes and available resources for tracing Scots-Irish ancestors are also examined.

Webcast Duration
47 minutes
Presenter
Alan Aberdeen
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Famine & the Poor Laws of Ireland

Famine & the Poor Laws of Ireland

The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted in an endeavour to alleviate poverty during the 19th century. The handout lists the reports and provides a guide to the resources available to research your ancestors during this period of Irish history.

Webcast Duration
56 minutes
Presenter
Vicki Montgomery
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Irish sources at State Library Victoria

Irish sources at State Library Victoria

Kevin Molloy speaks about the State Library Victoria’s collections of Irish and Irish-Australian materials which includes personal papers, book collections, manuscripts, records of clubs and societies, newspapers and journals. The SLV is looking to expand its collections with correspondence, diaries, photographs, and oral histories.

Webcast Duration
24 minutes
Presenter
Kevin Molloy
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Isabella Quin of Tipperary: a 19th Century Diarist

Isabella Quin of Tipperary: a 19th Century Diarist

Carmel McEvey’s presentation details the study of a diary written by an Irishwoman from County Tipperary during the 1860s. Her diary offers a significant insight into the role of women during the mid-Victorian era and it illustrates the importance and context of place for family historians when undertaking research.

Webcast Duration
54 minutes
Presenter
Carmel McEvey
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Why Did They leave? Exploring the Migration of OUR Ancestors from Ireland

Why Did They leave? Exploring the Migration of OUR Ancestors from Ireland

In this presentation Margaret Vines examines the migration of people from Ireland to Australia. She considers the choices, the push and pull factors and other reasons for their decision through the eyes of her family ancestors.

Webcast Duration
32 minutes
Presenter
Margaret Vines
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Ship Diaries and Journals on the Voyage to Australia

Ship Diaries and Journals on the Voyage to Australia

Carmel McEvey introduces the topic before Claire Dunlop's talk on ship newspapers. Graham Thorley gives an account of the voyage of the Golden Empire in 1863. Paul Harris speaks about the journey the California in 1853.

Handouts:

Critically analysing a diary 

Ship Diaries & Journals of voyages to Australia: Golden Empire 1863, Diary of Daniel Baldwin (from Graham Thorley talk)

Ship diaries

Webcast Duration
52 minutes
Presenter
Carmel McEvey, Claire Dunlop, Graham Thorley, Paul Harris
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