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Oceans of consolation: personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia

Fitzpatrick, David.

Year: 1994.

Publisher: Cornell University Press.

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Frontmatter

Preface

Abbreviations

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 to Your Superiors': The Dunne Circle, 1864-77

12 'It Takes Me Tow Days to Rite a Letter': The Doorley Circle, 1877-1906

ULSTER ACCENTS

13 'Comming 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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Thematic Index

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Title:

Oceans of consolation : personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia [edited by] David Fitzpatrick.

Author:

Fitzpatrick, David

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Oceans of consolation : personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia [edited by] David Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick, David
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1994.

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Subject Headings:

• Irish -- Australia -- Biography
• Immigrants -- Australia -- Biography
• Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History
• Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History

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