National Museum of Australia - Irish Studies Conference

Irish Studies Conference

18th Australasian Irish Studies conference: The Irish in Australia 1788 to the present

Friday 1 - Sunday 3 July 2011

Explored the impact of Irish culture, religion, language and music in shaping Australian identity at the Irish Studies Association annual conference.

Speakers from across Australia and Ireland spent two days at the National Museum in Canberra, which is hosting the exhibition Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia.

The third day of the conference was held at St Clement's Retreat and Conference Centre in Galong, once the home of Irishman Ned Ryan, a convict who became a respected local pastoralist.

Audio and transcripts of the plenary sessions will progressively be made available from our audio on demand section.

Audio on demand - Not Just Ned series

PROGRAM as at 10 June 2011

Program: Friday 1 July 2011

Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra

8.30–9.15am	Registration
9.15–9.30am	Welcome Andrew Sayers, Director, National Museum of Australia
9.30–10.30am	Plenary session *A few of my favourite things – some objects from the National Museum's Not Just Ned* exhibition** Richard Reid, Senior Curator, National Museum of Australia Audio and transcript of 'A few of my favourite things'
10.30–11am	Morning tea
11am–12.30pm	Three parallel sessions Session one Mannix, the Royal Navy and the Republic Jeff Kildea Irish Melbourne, 1914–1920 – decline of Nicholas O'Donnell and the rise of Daniel Mannix Val Noone St Patrick's Day in Melbourne, 1840–1925 William Flood Session two Sabotaging Duffy's Land Act of 1862 Tony Earls Death or Liberty, Irish political prisoners transported to Australia, 1788-1868 Tony Moore Beulah, Appin – insights into early Irish-Australia Carol Liston/Megan Martin Session three Not Just Green – Towards a better understanding of Adelaide's Orangemen in the 1870s Fidelma Breen Christopher Coveny, 1885-1888, Irish-Australian painter. Anne Cunningham Educating Catholics at university in 19th century Australia - St John's College, University of Sydney Perry McIntyre
12.30–2pm	Lunch and viewing of Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia Annual general meeting of ISAANZ
2–3pm	Plenary Session Sorting out the Irish immigrants of colonial Australia Eric Richards, Flinders University, Adelaide
3–3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.30–5pm	Three parallel sessions (9 speakers) Session one En-Gendering the Nation – Gender-bending and nationalism in Miles Franklin's My Brilliant Career and Emily Lawless' Grania: the story of an island Frances Devlin-Glass James Hogan – author of The Irish in Australia – the pioneering work Patrick Morgan Irish theatre in Australia in the 1890s and the 'other' Boucicault Peter Kuch Session two 'Bowed down before the Crucified' Anne-Maree Whitaker Archbishop Robert William Spence, a trunk full of trowels and the expansion of Catholic institutions in South Australia, 1914–1934 Anne Herraman Round Towers in Ireland and Australia Pamela O'Neill Session three 'As good as a white man any day' – racial stereotyping and the Irish in colonial Australia Dianne Hall Politics, culture and the press – the Irish and their newspapers in 1840s New South Wales Kevin Molloy Nugent Farm, Richmond: the history and restoration of the last Tasmanian home of William Smith O'Brien Peter MacFie
6–8pm	Reception Embassy of Ireland 20 Arkana Street, Yarralumla, ACT

Program: Saturday 2 July 2011

Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra

9.30–10.30am	Plenary session The National Museum of Ireland: an ideological history Pat Cooke, School of Art History and Cultural History, National University of Ireland
10.30–11am	Morning tea
11am–12.30pm	Three parallel sessions (9 speakers) Session one Beating a path to the door – the Irish welcome to Queensland Jenny Harrison Governor Bourke's war Christine Wright The Language, the Census and the Rising Dymphna Lonergan Session two Trauma and Haunting: the Irish language as ruin/revenant Jonathan O'Neill When the Inconstant became Noah's Ark – the curious fate of an immigrant vessel in the Australasian trade Brad Patterson The shipwreck, the girls, the Clare Servants' Depot, and some consequences – chapters in the lives of some Nashwauk girls Stephanie James Session three Irish convict women and the Rajah quilt Dianne Snowden Inter-war Irish immigrant domestic servants to South Australia Margrette Kleinig '135 Years on' – the Catalpa escape exhibition Sandra Murray
12.30–2.30pm	*Lunch and viewing of Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia.*
2.30–3.30pm	Plenary session The Identity Game or How Irish is Australia? Shane Carmody, Director, Collections and Access, State Library of Victoria
3.30–4pm	Afternoon tea
4–5pm	Plenary session 'Not Just Ned' - what sort of history of the Irish in Australia? A symposium chaired by Orla Tunney, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland, short contributions from Pat Cooke, Shane Carmody and Val Noone, followed by offerings from conference participants.
7 for 7.30pm	Conference dinner The Forrest Hotel and Apartments dining room 30 National Circuit, Barton, ACT Pre-dinner drinks start 6.30pm After dinner speaker Professor Rónán McDonald, University of New South Wales: Personal reflections on Queen Elizabeth II's recent visit to Ireland.

Program: Sunday 3 July 2011

'Galong House', St Clement's Retreat and Conference Centre, Galong, New South Wales

8.30am	Bus leaves National Museum of Australia for Galong House
10–10.30am	Arrive Galong House and morning tea
10.30–11.30am	Plenary session Ireland's Spiritual Empires Hilary Carey, University of Newcastle
11.30am–1pm	Two parallel sessions (5 speakers) Session one Grace McCrohan's prayer book and other immigrant treasures Liz Rushen Representations of Irishness in Perth Irish pubs Oonagh Quigley Memory, myth and mystery: insights gained from 26 years of collecting oral histories of the Irish in Australia Siobhan McHugh Session two The Irish in Rural Victoria', 1851–1891 Charles Fahey Dancing on St Patrick's Day Jenny Gall Eureka, the Reform Charter and the Irish Philip Moore
1–1.45pm	Lunch
1.45–2.30pm	Plenary session 'Galong House' – An Irish-Australian Historic Site Jeff Brownrigg and Cheryl Mongan
2.30–3.30pm	Final session The true history of Irish music in Australia Jeff Brownrigg
3.30–4pm	Afternoon tea Viewing of Galong House
4pm	Bus leaves for Canberra
5.30pm	Bus arrives in Canberra

Registration

Full registration

3 day registration $260
3 day registration concession $190

Day registration

Friday, 1 July, National Museum of Australia
Standard: 1 day registration (Friday) $130
Standard concession: 1 day registration Friday) $120

Saturday, 2 July, National Museum of Australia
Standard: 1 day registration (Saturday) $130.00
Standard concession: 1 day registration (Saturday) $120

Sunday, 3 July, Galong House
Standard: 1 day registration (Sunday) $130
Standard concession: 1 day registration (Sunday) $120
*Fees include transportation to Galong

Early bird special

Early bird 3 day registration $190
Early bird 3 day registration Concession $160.00
*Offer ends close of business Friday 17 June 2011

Conference dinner

This includes a 3 course dinner (Saturday 2 July) and drinks on arrival. Cash bar in operation from 7pm.

Conference speaker dinner ticket $25
Conference dinner ticket $55
Additional conference dinner ticket $55

Fees include lunch, morning and afternoon tea for chosen days.

Fees are in Australian Dollars and are GST free.

Preferred accommodation supplier

Forrest Hotel and Apartments, 30 National Circuit, Canberra 2603 Ph: (02) 6203 4300
Please mention the Conference to receive a discounted rate.

Notes

Presenters should note that all costs to attend the conference must be met from their own resources. As a commitment to attend and support the conference, accepting presenters are required to pay and register for the full conference program or for the day of their presentation. The conference dinner on Saturday 2 July will be a total of $25 for registered speakers.