Oceans of consolation : personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia /

Oceans of consolation : personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia /

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Includes personal correspondence of fourteen families of Irish emigrants in the Australian colonies, giving equal attention to letters to and from Australia. The book reproduces in full more than one hundred letters dating from 1843 to 1906 and includes a selection of contemporary engravings and pho...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fitzpatrick, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Irish > Australia > Correspondence.
Immigrants > Australia > Correspondence.
Irish > Australia > Biography.
Immigrants > Australia > Biography.
Australia > Emigration and immigration > History > Sources.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History > Sources.
Australia > Emigration and immigration > History.
Ireland > Emigration and immigration > History.
collective biographies.
Sources.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Representations: letters and migration
  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
  • 2. 'Whistling a jig to a milestone' / Michael Normile (1854-65)
  • 3. 'These golden shores' / Isabella Wyly (1856-77)
  • 4. 'Queensland for ever, augus un Ballybug go Braugh' / Biddy Burke (1882-84)
  • VICTORIAN VOICES
  • 5. 'A happy home for you and myself' / Michael Hogan (1853-57)
  • 6. 'Jack is as good as his master' / Edward O'Sullivan (1857-72)
  • 7. 'We are not living in a wilderness' / the McCance circle (1856-63)
  • 8. 'An outside part of the world' / Patrick and Edward Comber (1862-92)
  • 9. 'A friendly chat' / Philip Mahony (1882-90)
  • NEWS FROM HOME
  • 10. 'Facing the wild ocean' / William and Eliza Dalton (1851-59)
  • 11. 'Always be submessive [sic] to your superiors' / the Dunne circle (1864-77)
  • 12. 'It takes me tow [sic] days to rite [sic] a letter' / the Doorley circle (1877-1906)
  • ULSTER ACCENTS
  • 13. 'Comming [sic] down the hill of life' / the Hammond circle (1843-64)
  • 14. 'We will meet in Ireland yet' / the Brennan circle (1865-76)
  • 15. 'Farewell farewell my children' / William Fife (1860-81)
  • THEMES
  • 16. Correspondence: ceremonies of communication
  • 17. Reciprocity: the politics of kinship
  • 18. Negotiation: the process of migration
  • 19. Origins: images of Ireland
  • 20. Outcomes: images of Australia
  • 21. Reflections: culture, identity, home.

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