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Irish Australian
Notable Irish Australians (clockwise from upper left):
Ned Kelly
Redmond Barry
Joseph Furphy
Ben Chifley
Lisa Gerrard
Flag of Ireland Flag of Australia
Total population


72,050 (Irish born, 2006)
1,803,741 (self-declared Irish ancestry, 2006)
further 6,000,000 are believed to have Irish ancestry and are under the Australian ethnic category

Regions with significant populations
Languages
Australian English
Religions
Roman Catholic, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Irish people, Anglo Celtic Australians, Scottish Australians, Welsh-Australians

Irish Australians are the third largest ethnic group in Australia, after Australian and English. Edward "Ned" Kelly (3 June 1855 &ndash 11 November 1880 was an Australian Bushranger, and to some a Folk hero for his defiance of the colonial Sir Redmond Barry KCMG ( June 7 1813 – November 23 1880) was a British colonial Judge in Victoria Australia Joseph Furphy ( 26 September 1843 – 13 September 1912) is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian Novel Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 &ndash 13 June 1951 Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers Lisa Gerrard (born April 12, 1961) is an Australian Musician, Singer and Composer who rose to prominence as part of Australian English ( AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate Anglo-Celtic Australian is an Ethnic or cultural category used to describe Australians with British and/or Irish ancestral origins Scottish Australians are residents of Australia who are of Scottish ancestry Welsh Australians are Citizens of Australia whose ancestry originates in the northwest European nation of Wales (which is part of the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. In the 2006 Census, 1,803,741 residents identified themselves as having Irish ancestry either alone or in combination with another ancestry [1] however many more persons have an Irish background but may have nominated another ancestry. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years The Australian embassy in Dublin, Ireland states that up to 30 percent of the population claim some degree of Irish ancestry. [2] The Census recorded 72,050 people born in Ireland: 50,256 born in the Republic of Ireland and 21,293 in Northern Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of

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History

Around 40,000 Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1791 and 1867, many for political activity, including those who had participated in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the 1803 Rising of Robert Emmet and the 1848 skirmishes in the midst of the Famine. A convict is "a person found guilty of a Crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison" sometimes referred to in Slang The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798 Turn Oot 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally was an uprising in 1798 lasting several months against the 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Robert Emmet, Roibéard Eiméid ( 4 March 1778 &ndash 20 September 1803) was an Irish nationalist rebel leader Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any Faunal species which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional Malnutrition, Starvation Once in Australia, many of these prisoners continued to plan escapes from British military custody — for example, the 1804 Castle Hill convict rebellion, and continual tension on Norfolk Island in the same year also led to an Irish revolt. See also 1803 in Australia, other events of 1804, 1805 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. The Castle Hill Rebellion of 4 March, 1804, also called the Irish Rebellion, was a large scale rebellion by Irish convicts against Norfolk Island ( Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand Both risings were soon crushed. In these decades, the Irish language was the main language of Irish prisoners, and many Irish were flogged or killed by fellow convicts for speaking what was seen as a conspiratorial tongue [3]. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. As late as the 1860s, Fenian prisoners were being transported, particularly to Western Australia where the Catalpa rescue of Irish radicals off Rockingham was a memorable episode. Fianna Éireann The Fenians, both the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood, were fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The Catalpa rescue was the escape in 1876, of six Fenian prisoners from what was then the British Penal colony of Western Australia

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Irish Australians — particularly but not exclusively Catholics — were treated with suspicion in a sectarian atmosphere. Sectarianism is Bigotry, Discrimination, Prejudice or Hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions The life story of Ned Kelly is often viewed romantically as the sort of treatment Irish Catholics in Australia could expect: in reality, however, most of the Irish were urban workers who experienced less official discrimination in Australia than they had at home in Ireland, and many Irish Australians — Catholic and Protestant — rose to positions of wealth and power in the colonial hierarchy. Edward "Ned" Kelly (3 June 1855 &ndash 11 November 1880 was an Australian Bushranger, and to some a Folk hero for his defiance of the colonial Many Irish Protestants, for example, entered the judiciary and politics, while in Ned Kelly's time 80 per cent of the Victorian police were Irish-born, and half of those had served in the Royal Irish Constabulary. In Law, the judiciary or judicial system is the system of Courts which administer Justice in the name of the sovereign or State Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Victoria Police is the primary Law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. The Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC) ( Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann) was one of Ireland's two police forces in the early twentieth century In major cities such as Melbourne and Sydney, Irish social and political associations were formed, including the Melbourne Celtic Club, which survives today. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The Melbourne Celtic Club is a social organisation for Melburnians of Celtic ( Scots, Welsh, but primarily Irish) ancestry or The Irish settler in Australia - both voluntary and forced - was crucial to the survival and prosperity of the early colonies both demographically and economically. 300,000 Irish free settlers arrived between 1840 and 1914. By 1871, the Irish were a quarter of all overseas-born.

The number of Ireland-born in Australia peaked in 1891, when the colonial Census accounted for 228,232. A decade later the number of Ireland-born had dropped to 184,035. Dominion status for the Irish Free State in 1922 did not diminish arrivals from Ireland as Irish people were still British subjects. A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities under sovereign authority within the British Empire and The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by In British nationality law, the term British subject has at different times had different meanings Though this changed after the Second World War, migration from the south of Ireland did not, as those born in Ireland before 1949 remained British subjects eligible for assisted passage. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Ten Pound Poms aka Ten Pound Tourists is a colloquial term used in Australia to describe British subjects who migrated to Australia after the Only during the 1960s did migration from the south of Ireland reduce significantly. By 2002, around one thousand persons born in Ireland — north and south — were migrating permanently to Australia each year. For the year 2005-2006, 12,554 Irish entered Australia to work under the Working Holiday visa scheme.

The Present Day

At the 2006 Census 50,256 Australian residents declared they were born in the Republic of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Cities with the largest Irish-born populations were Sydney (12,730), Melbourne (8,950) and Perth (7,060)[4].

At the 2006 Census 1,803,741 Australians declared they had Irish ancestry either alone or in combination with another ancestry; only Australian and English ancestries were more frequently nominated[5].

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2004, Irish Australians are, by religion, 46. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. 2% Roman Catholic, 15. 3% Anglican, 13. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs 5% other Christian denomination, 3. 6% other religions, and 21. 5% "No Religion".

Irish Australian settlement patterns are not significantly different to those of the Australian population as a whole — that is, a third live in New South Wales and a quarter live in Victoria — except that around 22 per cent live in Queensland (compared to only 18 per cent of the general population). Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Relatively few as a proportion reside in Western Australia (7. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. 6 per cent of Irish Australians compared to 9. 9 per cent of the general population).

The 2001 Australian census recorded that persons reporting an Irish Australian ethnicity accounted for 10. 7 per cent of the population in the Australian Capital Territory (42,540 responses), 10. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory 2 per cent in Victoria (469,161 responses), 9. 9 per cent in New South Wales (622,944), 9. 7 per cent in Queensland (433,354), 7. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent 8 per cent in Tasmania (42,552), 7. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass 6 per cent in Western Australia (171,667), 7. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. 5 per cent in the Northern Territory (18,325) and 6. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions 7 per cent in South Australia (119,063). South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country

918 persons at the 2006 Census reported using Irish at home[6]. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish.

List of notable Irish Australians

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Bernard Patrick O'Dowd ( April 11, 1866 - September 1, 1953) was an Australian Activist, Educator, Poet Robert O'Hara Burke ( 6 May, 1820 or 1821 – c 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 3rd Baronet (pronounced and sometimes spelled Brian O'Lochlen ( 27 June 1828 – 31 October 1905) Australian John Boyle O'Reilly ( 28 June 1844 – 10 August 1890) was an Irish -born poet and novelist Sir John O'Shanassy, KCMG (1818&ndash 5 May 1883) Australian colonial politician was the 2nd Premier of Victoria. Clarence Lyell O’Shea, more commonly known as Clarrie O'Shea (1906 - 1988 was the Victorian State Secretary of the Australian Tramway & Motor Omnibus Employees' Association The Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist (CPA(ML is an Australian political party based on the writings of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin John Hubert Plunkett ( 1 June 1802 &ndash 9 May 1869) was Attorney-General of New South Wales and elected as a member of the James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 &ndash 28 January 1953 Australian Labor Politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Wayne Thomas Padraig Sievers (born May 13, 1957) is a former Australian police officer, Trade union official Social justice Lawrence (Lance Louis Sharkey ( 18 August 1898 &ndash 13 May 1967) was the secretary of Communist Party of Australia (CPA from 1948 This article is about the historical Communist Party of Australia dissolved in 1991 Kevin John Sheedy AM (born 24 December 1947 was the coach of AFL club Essendon, and a former player for Richmond. Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club and is part of the Australian Football League. International rules football (Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta also known as inter rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland is a hybrid William Shiels ( 3 December 1848 – 17 December 1904) Australian colonial Politician, was the 16th Premier of Ursula Mary Stephens (born July 7, 1954) is an Australian politician Jim Stynes OAM (born 23 April 1966 is a well known Irish Australian who came to fame as a Gaelic footballer who converted to Australian rules football This article is about the Australian rules club for the Football (soccer club see Melbourne Victory FC. The Hon George Lionel Throssell, CMG ( 23 May 1840 – 30 August 1910) was the second Premier of Western Australia. For his father the economist and MP see Robert Torrens (economist; for the Irish cricketer see Roy Torrens. Thomas Waddell ( January 1 1854 – October 25, 1940) was an Australian politician and briefly Premier of New South Wales Hon Francis Henry “Frank” Walsh ( 6 July 1897 – 18 May 1968) was the 34th Premier of South Australia, serving from 10 March John Phillips "Sean" Wight (born 15 March 1964 in Scotland) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Australia. 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-07-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler
  2. ^ http://www.ireland.embassy.gov.au/dubl/relations.html
  3. ^ Hughes, Robert. The Fatal Shore. London: Routledge (1987)
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics
  6. ^ ABS 20680-Language Spoken at Home (full classification list) by Sex - Australia
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