Ill, p.89.non-fictionAn autobiographical tapestry, recollections of an Irish childhood linked to an account of a journey there today, interwoven with fragments of Irish mythology, history and hearsay.ireland - authors - biography, ireland - description and travel

Paperback Background is dark green with sepia photo in bronze coloured frame. Precis on back cover is printed in white lettering. 132 pages.non-fictionBiography of early Warrnambool settler, John Hyland.warrnambool, john hyland, james nicholas, warrnambool mayors

Book. ALEC H CHISHOLM COLLECTION. 131 page hardback book of transcriptions of Joseph Beale's letters home to Ireland from Victoria, 1852-53. Edited and introduced by Edgar Beale. Includes 20 B & W photos. Published in 1975 by Wentworth Books, Sydney and printed by Walter Stone & Sons, Surrey Hills, NSW. Catalogue sticker ''2170 BEA'' on spine. Handwritten in ink on title page ''For Alec Chisholm, in appreciation of many favours over many years and with the author's kindest regards, Wollongong, 18.6.1976, Edgar Beale''Edgar Bealebooks, collections, biography, alec h chisholm collection, joseph beale, edgar beale

Biography of William Irwin who migrated to Australia in 1850. He was a digger and a publican during the gold rush in Ballarat. He was publican at the Star Hotel, John O'groats Hotel and the Provincial Hotel. The Star Hotel was closely connected with the story of the Eureka Stockade. The book in part draws from family correspondence. The book's author, Helen Townsend, is Irwin's great-granddaughter. Relevance to the history of Ballarat, gold mining and the Eureka Stockade. Biographical interest - William Irwin.Paperback book. Front cover: image of houses surrounded by fields; image of Irwin's Provincial Hotel with people and horses and carts; white and black lettering.Front cover: title and author. Back cover: book synopsis; praise for the book by Tom Keneally.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, gold mining - ballarat, mining licences - ballarat, eureka stockade, irish potato famine, gold miners, history, biography, publicans - ballarat, immigrants, pioneers, william irwin, star hotel, john o'groats hotel, provincial hotel

Index, bib, ill, maps. p.226.non-fictionDaniel Mannix, ardent Irish nationalist, spent half of his long life as Catholic bishop of Melbourne. The author traces the influence of Irish nationalism on one of the twentieth century's most remarkable churchmen.daniel mannix - biography, roman catholic church - bishops