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John Wroe describes the conditions onboard the immigrant vessels travelling to Victoria. He discusses the length of…

The talk discusses the availability of the freeman and guild records of primarily London but also of Dublin and…

The presentation provides background information regarding the state of Irish society in the first half of the 19th…

This presentation discusses and gives examples of Irish Prison Registers and Irish Petty Sessions (lower court)…

Dr Pescod examines the lives of some of Irish born immigrants who established Victorian companies manufacturing a…

The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted…

The presentation discusses the Scots-Irish, the people descended from Scots who migrated to Ireland, principally…

Carmel McEvey’s presentation details the study of a diary written by an Irishwoman from County Tipperary during the…

Kevin Molloy speaks about the State Library Victoria’s collections of Irish and Irish-Australian materials which…

Peter Gavin provides a history of the Celtic Club in Melbourne which was established in 1887 as an organisation for…

Stephen Hawke examines the factors that contributed to the emigration of many people from the south-west of England…

In this presentation Liz Rushen describes the life of John Marshall, an extremely active emigration agent, who…