Vanished kingdoms: Irish in Australia and New Zealand, (1990)

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Component identifier:
Series 11
Content Summary:

Published in 1990 by New South Wales University Press, this book represents O'Farrell's personal evocation of the history of the Irish in Australia and New Zealand. O'Farrell's Vanished kingdoms was short-listed for the National Book Council's Non-Fiction Award in 1991.

The series consists of chapter drafts in typescript form, revision notes and a typescript manuscript of the book. The research material includes miscellaneous journal and newspaper issues, booklets, handwritten notes, some correspondence, photocopied articles and notes from unpublished theses arranged by author.

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.
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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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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