Letters from Irish Australia, 1825-1929 (1984)

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Component identifier:
Series 9
Content Summary:

Published jointly by New South Wales University Press and the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1984, this book explores the personal correspondence, memoirs and shipboard journals of Irish immigrants, mainly Protestant, to Australia between 1825 and 1929.

The series consists primarily of photocopies of transcripts of emigrant letters held in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and in the State Paper Office, Dublin. It also includes handwritten notes, annotated chapter drafts and a file of reviews of the Letters.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Library purchased the original instalment of papers from O'Farrell in June 1980. O'Farrell donated subsequent consignments to the Library in August 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 and in 2000. Other papers were purchased from O'Farrell in 1998 and 1999. Material acquired in May 1984 and in February 1998 pertaining to Dr Albert Dryer has been transferred to the papers of Albert Dryer (MS 6610).Further material was added to the O'Farrell Papers in 2006.
Subjects:
Academic
History

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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