Irish South Australia : new histories and insights / edited by Susan Arthure, Fidelma Breen, Stephan...
Irish South Australia : new histories and insights / edited by Susan Arthure, Fidelma Breen, Stephan...
Irish South Australia : new histories and insights / edited by Susan Arthure, Fidelma Breen, Stephanie James, Dymphna Lonergan.
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Full title
Publisher
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
H 2019/2285
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxv, 322 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles, ; 24 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword by His Excellency Breandán Ó Caollaí -- Preface -- Timeline of the Irish in South Australia before Federation -- G.S. Kingston and other pioneer Irish in South Australia / Dymphna Lonergan -- Irish settlement in the Mount Barker region, 1836-1891 / Ann Herraman -- Fortune and misfortune...
Publication information
Publisher
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2019.
Edition
1.
Place of Publication
South Australia
Date Published
2019.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Its capital is named after German-born Queen Adelaide, its main street after her English husband, King William IV, so it is not surprising that little is known about South Australia's Irish background. However, the first European to discover Adelaide's River Torrens in 1836 was Cork-born and educated George Kingston, who was deputy surveyor to Colo...
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Full title
Irish South Australia : new histories and insights / edited by Susan Arthure, Fidelma Breen, Stephanie James, Dymphna Lonergan.
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Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
Includes bibliographical information and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019.
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Call Numbers
H 2019/2285
Record Identifier
74VKVxmKAQab
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxmKAQab
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ISBN
9781743056196 paperback : : :
DDC
325.09415099423
MMS ID
991024245315102626
