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Patsy Adam-Smith Heart of exile : Ireland, 1848, and the seven patriots banished, their adventures, loneliness, and loves in three continents as they search for refuge Melbourne, Vic Nelson, 1986 369 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 94108 a 5    
Keith Amos The Fenians in Australia : 1865-1880 Kensington, N.S.W. New South Wales University Press, 1988 330 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 994 a 18    
Andy Bielenberg The Irish diaspora Harlow, England ; New York Longman 2000 368 p. National Library of Ireland 1A 3396 A comparative study of Irish rural settlement in nineteenth-century Minnesota and New South Wales
Jeff Brownrigg Echoes of Irish Australia : rebellion to republic : a collection of essays Galong, [N.S.W.] St Clement's Retreat and Conference Centre 2007 269 p. Co-editors Cheryl Mongan, Richard Reid National Library of Australia    
Philip Bull Ireland and Australia, 1798-1998 : studies in culture, identity and migration Sydney : Crossing Press, 2000 367 p. Co-editors Francis Devlin-Glass and Helen Doyle. National Library of Australia NL 994.0049162 I65    
A.M. Cam Irish freemasonry in Australasia South Plympton, S. Aust Cam 2006 523 p National Library of New Zealand    
Malcolm Campbell Ireland's New Worlds : immigrants, politics, and society in the United States and Australia, 1815-1922 Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press 2008 249 p. National Library of Ireland    
P.J.S. Cleary Australia's Debt to Ireland's Nation-builders Sydney Angus & Robertson Limited 1933 280 p National Library of Ireland Ir 994 c 6    
Brian Hankard Clinton Clinton our name, from Erin we came Wamberal, NSW, Australia : B.H. Clinton, 1995 201 p. Patrick and Charles Clinton who came from Ireland to Australia in 1877 Library of Congress CS2009 .C575 1995    
Hubert W. Coffey Irish Families in Australia and New Zealand 1788-1979 Melbourne : H.W. Coffey, 1979-94 4-volume biographical dictionary. Co-author Marjorie Jean Morgan National Library of Ireland Ir 942 c 14    
Bernard Conlon The travels of Bernard Conlon : Sessiamagaroll to San Francisco, New York, New Zealand and New South Wales / recorded as a memoir by his son Proinsias Ó Conluain. Dungannon O'Neill Country Historical Society 2004 36 p. National Library of New Zealand    
Con Costello Botany Bay Cork Mercier Press c1987 172 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 942 c 27    
C.H. Curry The Irish at Eureka Sydney 1954   National Library of Ireland Ir 993 c 7    
Richard Davis Ireland & Tasmania 1848: sesquicentenary papers Sydney, Crossing Press, 1998. 152 p. Richard Davis, Stefan Petrow, editors. National Library of Ireland Ir 990 d 23    
Richard Davis Irish traces on Tasmanian history 1803-2004 Sandy Bay, Tas Sassafras Books 2005 208 p. National Library of Australia    
H. Donohoe The convicts and exiles transported from Ireland 1791-1820 Sydney The author 1992   National Library of Ireland Ir 942 p 17(3)    
James Hugh Donohoe The bibliography of the convict transports Sydney The author 1988   National Library of Ireland 016 p 5(3)    
A. G. Evans Fanatic heart a life of John Boyle O'Reilly 1844-1890 Boston Northeastern University Press 1999 280 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 92 o 529    
David Fitzpatrick Home or Away? Immigrants in Colonial Australia Canberra, Australian National University 1992 130 p. National Library of Australia NL 304.894009034 H765    
David Fitzpatrick Oceans of Consolation Cork Cork University Press 1994 Personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia National Library of Ireland Ir 942 f 12    
G.J. Forth A biographical register and annotated bibliography of Ango-Irish colonists in Australia Warrnambool Deakin UNiversity 1992 85 pages National Library of Ireland Ir 942 b 23    
Laurence Geary Ireland, Australia and New Zealand: history, politics and culture Dublin Dublin : Irish Academic Press 2008 270 p. National Library of Ireland    
Damian John Gleeson Carlon's town : a history of the Carolan/Carlon sept and related Irish pioneer families in New South Wales Sydney Damian John Gleeson 1998 100 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 9292 g 38    
John Graham Far from Owenreagh: memories of John Graham (1899-1893) Draperstown Moyola Books 1990 36 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 92 p 172(2)    
Alyson Lee Greiner British and Irish immigration to rural nineteenth-century Australia [microform]: sources and destinations 1996 318 p Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1996 National Library of Australia mc 252 97-19365    
Seamus Grimes The Irish-Australia Connection Galway Irish Academic Press 1989 159 p. Irish-Australian Bicentenary Conference. Co-editor Gearoid O'Tuathaigh National Library of Ireland Ir 999 g 20    
Barbara Hall Death or liberty : the convicts of the Britannia : Ireland to Botany Bay 1797 Coogee, N.S.W. Hall 2006 258 p. National Library of Australia    
Barbara Hall The Irish vanguard : the convicts of the Queen, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1791 Sydney Barbara Hall 2009 238 p. National Library of Australia    
Barbara Hall Of infamous character : the convicts of the Boddingtons, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1793 Sydney Hall 2004 242 p. National Library of Ireland    
Barbara Hall A nimble fingered tribe : the convicts of the Sugar Cane, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1793 Barbara Hall 2002   National Library of Ireland 3A 1267    
Barbara Hall A desperate set of villains : the convicts of the Marquis Cornwallis, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1796 Barbara Hall 2000 287 p. National Library of Ireland 3A 276    
David T. Hawkings Bound for Australia Sussex Phillimore 1987        
J. Hogan The Irish in Australia Melbourne G. Robertson 1888   National Library of Ireland Ir 9940    
Robert Hughes The Fatal Shore London Collins Harvill 1988   National Library of Ireland 993 h 11    
T.J. Kiernan The Irish exiles in Australia Dublin Clonmore & Reynolds 1954 196 p. Irish exiles of 1848 National Library of Ireland Ir 994 k 1    
Jeff Kildea Anzacs and Ireland Cork Cork University Press 2007 295 p. National Library of Ireland    
Donald Langmead Accidental architect Sydney Crossing Press 1994 280 p. . George Strickland Kingston, 1807-1880 National Library of Ireland 92 K n 13    
David A. Larkin Here lyeth O'Flaherty : some notable Irish buried in Brisbane Brisbane : O'Lorcan, David Austin 1991 63 p. National Library of Australia Np 994.3100415 L324    
David A. Larkin Irish research compendium : guide and directory of sources available in Australia Burpengary, Qld. : D. Larkin, c1999 236 p National Library of Australia N 929.3415 L324    
David A. Larkin Pushing up shamrocks : index to biographies Burpengary, Qld.: Larkin Clan Association, 1998 158 p. Irish in Queensland National Library of Australia Nq 929.509943 L324    
David A. Larkin Memorials to the Irish in Queensland Brisbane : Genealogical Society of Queensland 1988 143 p National Library of Australia NL 929.509943 M533    
Brian Maher Planting the Celtic cross : foundations of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Canberra : B. Maher, 1997 379 p ISBN 0949543187 National Library of Australia    
Trevor McClaughlin Irish women in colonial Australia St. Leonards, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 1998 229 p., National Library of Ireland Ir 990 i 47    
Trevor McClaughlin Barefoot and Pregnant: Irish Famine Orphans in Australia Melbourne, GSV 1991 256 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 942 b 20    
Trevor McClaughlin From shamrock to wattle : digging up your Irish ancestors Melbourne : Genealogical Society of Victoria, 1990 158 p. 2nd ed. National Library of Australia NL 929.1089415094 M126-2 RX 929.1089415094 M126-2    
Chris McConville Croppies, Celts & Catholics : the Irish in Australia Caulfield East, Vic. : Edward Arnold, 1987 167 p. National Library of Australia NL 994.0049162 M129    
McDonagh & Mandle Australia and Ireland, 1788-1988 Dublin 1988   National Library of Ireland Ir 942 a 9    
McDonagh & Mandle Ireland & Irish-Australians, Sydney 1982   National Library of Ireland Ir 942 i 12    
Perry McIntyre Fair Game: Australia’s first immigrant women Spit Juncition Anchor Books Australia 2010 256 p. n 1832, the British government sent 400 young single women to Sydney and Hobart to balance the male-dominated societies. The two ships were the 'Red Rover' from Cork and the 'Princess Royal' from London. National Library of Australia    
Perry McIntyre Free passage: the reunion of Irish convicts and their families in Australia, 1788-1852 Dublin Irish Academic Press 2010 344 p. National Library of Ireland    
Brian Mitchell Australia-- the early years : from reports in the Derry Journal Derry, Northern Ireland : Genealogy Centre 1988 68 p. National Library of Australia NLp 994.02 A938    
David Murphy The Irish Brigades 1685-2006 Dublin Four Courts Press 2007 304 pp. Account of Irish regiments in foreign armies None specified New South Wales Irish Rifles, 1896 - 1930 p. 261
Beranrd Neary Irish Lives: the Irish in Western Australia Dublin Lenhar Publications 1989   National Library of Ireland Ir 92001 p 8(1)    
John O'Brien (ed.) The Irish Emigrant Experience in Australia Dublin Poolbeg Press 1991 279 p. Co-editor: Pauric Travers National Library of Ireland Ir 942 i 25    
Patrick O'Farrell The Irish in Australia: 1788 to the present Cork Cork University Press 2001 363 p. Revised edtion, Cork University Press, 2001 National Library of Ireland Ir 942 o 29/1A 3224    
Patrick O'Farrell The Catholic Church in Australia: a short history, 1788-1967 London, Chapman, 1969 294 p. National Library of Ireland 282099 o 2    
Patrick O'Farrell Letters from Irish Australia New South Wales New South Wales University Press 1984 Co-editor: Brian Trainer Co-publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation National Library of Ireland Ir 942 o 31    
Patrick O'Farrell Vanished kingdoms Irish in Australia and New Zealand : a personal excursion Kensington, NSW New South Wales University Press 1990 310 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 942 o 34    
Patrick O'Farrell Through Irish eyes : Australian and New Zealand images of the Irish 1788-1948 Richmond, Victoria Aurora Books 1994 131 p National Library of Ireland Ir 942 o 43    
D. O'Hearn Erin Go Bragh - Advance Australia Fair Melbourne Celtic Club 1990 86 p. History of the Celtic Club Melbourne      
J. O'Leary A Catholic miscellany : containing items of interest to Queenslanders, Irishmen and Irish Australians South Brisbane : Father O'Leary, 1914 207 p. National Library of Australia Nq 282.943 C363    
Dr. C. O'Mahoney Poverty to promise: the Monteagle emigrants 1838-58 Australia Crossing Press 1994 Co-author Valerie Thompspon National Library of Ireland Ir 993 0 40    
Margaret Mary Kathleen O'Sullivan A cause of trouble? : Irish nuns and English clerics Sydney Crossing Press, 1995 Irish Sisters of Charity -- Australia -- History National Library of Ireland Ir 994 o 51    
Ross Patrick Exiles undaunted : the Irish rebels, Kevin and Eva O'Doherty St. Lucia, Qld., Australia : University of Queensland Press 1989 293 p. 1848 exiles National Library of Australia NL 994.0049162 P314    
Brad Patterson Ireland and the Irish Antipodes : one world or worlds apart? : papers delivered at the 16th Australasian Irish Studies Conference ... Spit Junction, N.S.W Anchor Books Australia 2010 306 p. National Library of New Zealand    
Margaret M. Pawsey The Popish plot : culture clashes in Victoria 1860-1863 Manly, N.S.W. : Catholic Theological Faculty, St. Patrick's College, 1983 211 p. National Library of Australia N+ 282.945 P339    
Kate Press West Limerick families abroad Melbourne : Press, Kate , 2001 217 p. Co-author Valerie Thompson National Library of Australia NLq 305.89162094 P935    
Bob Reece The origins of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales : mixture of breeds. Basingstoke Macmillan, 2000 392 p. National Library of Ireland IR 942 r 22    
Bob Reece Irish convicts the origins of convicts transported to Australia Dublin Dept. of History, University College 1989 191 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 942 r 9    
Bob Reece Irish convict lives Sydney Crossing Press 1993 266 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 942 i 35    
Bob Reece The origins of Irish convict transportation to New South Wales : mixture of breeds. Basingstoke : Macmillan, 2000 392 p. National Library of Ireland IR 942 r 22    
Bob Reece Exiles from Erin: Convict Life in Ireland and Australia Basingstoke Macmillan 1991 336 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 994 r 16    
Richard Reid The Irish Australians Sydney Society of Australian Genealogists 1984 56 p. Co-publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation Co-editor: Keith Johnson National Library of Ireland 3B 842 ISBN 094953109X    
Richard Reid 'A decent set of girls...': the Irish Famine Orphans of the Thomas Arbuthnot, 1849-1850 Yass, Australia Yass Heritage Project, 1996 130 p National Library of Ireland Ir 942 r 17    
Richard Reid Not just Ned : a true history of the Irish in Australia Canberra National Museum of Australia Press 2011   National Library of Australia    
Richard Reid Farewell my children : Irish emigration to Australia 1848-1870 Spit Junction, N.S.W. Anchor Books Australia 2011   National Library of Australia    
Eric Richards Poor Australian Immigrants in the Nineteenth Century Canberra ANU 1991 (ed.) National Library of Ireland 2A 382    
Eric Richards Visible Immigrants: Neglected Sources for the History of Australian Immigrants Canberra ANU 1989 Co-authors: Richard Reid, David Fitzpatrick National Library of Ireland 2A 2313    
P. Robinson The Hatch and Brood of Time: Australians 1788-1828 Oxford Oxford University Press 1985   National Library of Ireland Ir 993 r 5    
L.L. Robson The Convict Settlers of Australia, Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1965 257 p. National Library of Ireland 325 r 2    
Jarlath Ronayne The Irish in Australia : rogues and reformers : First fleet to federation Camberwell, Vic. : Viking/Penguin : c2003 252 p. Previously published as: First fleet to federation. Dublin : Trinity College Dublin Press, 2002 National Library of Australia NL 994 R768    
Kieran Sheedy The Tellicherry Five: the transportation of Michael Dwyer & the Wicklow rebels Dublin Woodfield Press 1997 182 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 92 d 268    
P. Frazer Simons Tenants no more: Voices from an Irish Townland 1811-1901 and the Great Migration to Australia and America Richmond, Australia : Prowling Tiger Press, 1996 288 p. Clay family from Gurteen, Offaly (King's), Methodist migrants to the US and Australia National Library of Ireland Ir 994 s 32    
Brian Trainor Researching Irish Australians : directory of research Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 1998 87 p National Library of Australia NLq 929.209415 R432    
Anee-Marie Whitaker Unfinished revolution : United Irishmen in New South Wales 1800-1810 Darlinghurst, N.S.W. Crossing Press, 1994 275 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 993 w 15    
Seán Ó Luing Fremantle mission Tralee Tralee Anvil Books 1965 183 p. National Library of Ireland Ir 993 o 11    
  Canadian papers in Rural History Gananoque, Ont. Langdale Press c1978-c1996   National Library of Canada 307.7/2/0971 19 Reading the texts of rural immigrants: Letters from the Irish in Australia, New Zealand and America VII 1990
  The Australian journal of Irish studies Perth, W.A. Centre for Irish Studies, Murdoch University 2001 -   National Library of Ireland 1H 94    
  The Irish link : the Irish family history magazine. South Melbourne, Victoria : The Irish Link 1984 -   National Library of Ireland Ir 9292 i 2    
  Seanchas Ardmhacha   Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society National Library of Ireland Ir 27411 s 4 Armagh convicts in Australia, 1800-1806 16. No.1 1994 100-102
  The Ulster Link   Magazine of the Northern Irish In Australia & New Zealand National Library of Ireland Ir 994 u 1