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

In 1986, Patrick O'Farrell published a landmark book, The Irish in Australia. This was an important volume given that after the English, the Irish were the larg

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

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