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Fort Dundas and the Irish on Tiwi Country
Empire, Convicts and First Encounters in Australia's North
By Tim Flynn
My interest in Fort Dundas began not in an archive but on the Tiwi Islands themselves.
Having worked on the islands, I came to appreciate their distinct character. Although only a short distance from the Northern Territory mainland, the Tiwi Islands…
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Arthur Lynch: The Irish Australian Who Survived a Death Sentence
Irish history is filled with soldiers, revolutionaries, politicians and adventurers. Occasionally, however, a figure emerges who refuses to fit neatly into any single category. Arthur Lynch was one such man. Engineer, scientist, physician, journalist, soldier, author and Member of Parliament, he lived a life of such…
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Why Australia Will Never Feel Completely Like Home
By T.S. Flynn
If you want to air blatant xenophobia in modern Australian public life and retain your career, you face a narrow set of options. You must either be a bulletproof media tycoon, a protected shock-jock, or a political billionaire. Or, alternatively, you can simply direct your bile at the Irish.
In the self-congratulatory arena of modern Australian multiculturalism, we routinely pride ourselves on being a progressive, inclusive society.…
Added by T.S.Flynn on October 1, 2026 at 9:30pm — No Comments
The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
Added by T.S.Flynn on October 1, 2026 at 1:25pm — No Comments
From Connemara to Cape Barren: The Shared Soil of Irish-Aboriginal Activism
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 25, 2026 at 1:45pm — No Comments
The Pulpit of Defiance: Archbishop Mannix and the Conscription Wars
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 25, 2026 at 12:28am — No Comments
The Vanguard of the Domain: Irish Rebels and the ‘One Big Union’
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 24, 2026 at 11:00pm — No Comments
The George Street Standoff: When Queensland’s Police Stood Down the Australian Army By T.S. Flynn
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 21, 2026 at 7:28pm — No Comments
Irish Travellers and Aboriginal People Share the Same Plight
http://www.goveonline.com.au/irish-travellers-aboriginal-people-share-plight-modern-world/…
Added by T.S.Flynn on September 18, 2017 at 12:00pm — No Comments
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- Arthur Lynch: The Irish Australian Who Survived a Death Sentence
- Why Australia Will Never Feel Completely Like Home
- The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
- From Connemara to Cape Barren: The Shared Soil of Irish-Aboriginal Activism
- The Pulpit of Defiance: Archbishop Mannix and the Conscription Wars
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- The George Street Standoff: When Queensland’s Police Stood Down the Australian Army By T.S. Flynn
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- The Laureate of the Lash: Francis MacNamara and the Verse of Convict Defiance
- Why Australia Will Never Feel Completely Like Home
- From Connemara to Cape Barren: The Shared Soil of Irish-Aboriginal Activism
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