The Irish in Australia

accepted affairs America appearance areas arrived associated attitudes Australian Irish became become British cause celebration changed character Church claim clerical colonial continued convict culture demand distinctive divisive dominant early effect element emigration Empire English established evident existence expressed fact forces Gaelic Hibernian Home Rule hostile immigrants important influence initial interest Ireland Irish Australia Irish Catholic Irish National League Irish nationalism Irishmen issue John kind labour land later leaders League least less lived loyalty major March matter meeting Melbourne mind moved movement nationalist natural organisations particularly Party perhaps political population position practical Protestant question reasons rebellion regarded religion religious remained respectable seemed sense situation social society South Wales St Patrick's success suggest Sydney took tradition whole young