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245 00 $aOceans of consolation :$bpersonal accounts of Irish migration to Australia /$c[edited by] David Fitzpatrick.
260 $aIthaca, N.Y. :$bCornell University Press,$c1994.
300 $axiv, 649 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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520 $aIncludes personal correspondence of fourteen families of Irish emigrants in the Australian colonies, giving equal attention to letters to and from Australia. The book reproduces in full more than one hundred letters dating from 1843 to 1906 and includes a selection of contemporary engravings and photographs. Fitzpatrick's commentaries offer biographical narratives for all of the emigrant correspondents, tracing their Irish backgrounds and Australian careers.--$cFrom publisher's description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aINTRODUCTION -- 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 [sic] to your superiors' / the Dunne circle (1864-77) -- 12. 'It takes me tow [sic] days to rite [sic] a letter' / the Doorley circle (1877-1906) -- ULSTER ACCENTS -- 13. 'Comming [sic] 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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648 4 $aGeschichte 1850-1914.
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700 1 $aFitzpatrick, David$q(David Patrick Brian)
776 08 $iOnline version:$tOceans of consolation.$dIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1994$w(OCoLC)621781114
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