Dr Geraldine Moore speaks on "The politics of the Victorian Education Act of 1872”, and the impacts of the withdrawal of public funding for Church schools. Five of Geraldine’s…
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Number of Webcasts = 20
Date Published:
29 Nov 2023 @ 1:16 pm
Duration:
35 minutes
Des discusses his family’s migration from Patrickswell in Co. Limerick to Bullengarook, where many Irish families settled in the 1850s
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02 Oct 2023 @ 10:31 am
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Graeme outlines the migration schemes, requirements and procedures for immigrants who came to Australia with particular focus to Irish emigrants. This talk builds upon the…
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28 Jun 2023 @ 3:45 pm
Duration:
45 minutes
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Acknowledging more than three decades of work by the Irish Ancestry Group (IAG), Dr Val Noone speaks with Carmel McEvey on Des Regan and the early days of the IAG; Anne Bladeni…
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25 Mar 2023 @ 2:00 am
Duration:
79 minutes
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The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted in an endeavour to alleviate poverty during the 19th century…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:54 am
Duration:
56 minutes
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The talk discusses the availability of the freeman and guild records of primarily London but also of Dublin and Ireland. These records are largely available online.
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:29 am
Duration:
48 minutes
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John Wroe describes the conditions onboard the immigrant vessels travelling to Victoria. He discusses the length of the voyage, the food and health hazards, the shipping…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:29 am
Duration:
27 minutes
The presentation provides background information regarding the state of Irish society in the first half of the 19th century. The talk also examines the various emigration…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:28 am
Duration:
40 minutes
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This presentation discusses and gives examples of Irish Prison Registers and Irish Petty Sessions (lower court) records (mainly 19th century) and explains how to access…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:28 am
Duration:
48 minutes
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Dr Pescod examines the lives of some of Irish born immigrants who established Victorian companies manufacturing a very wide range of products. They were part of the growth of…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:28 am
Duration:
44 minutes
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The presentation examines the famines that occurred in Ireland and the various reports and Poor Law Acts instituted in an endeavour to alleviate poverty during the 19th …
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:27 am
Duration:
56 minutes
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The presentation discusses the Scots-Irish, the people descended from Scots who migrated to Ireland, principally Ulster, from the 1600s under the scheme known as the Plantation…
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28 Feb 2023 @ 6:27 am
Duration:
47 minutes
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