Mixed media - Video, RDHS Guest Speaker Presentation - "Hugh Mahon - Patriot, Pressman, Politician" - Dr Jeff Kildea

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Digitised video (3.20GB)
Duration: 63 minutes.
Recorded May, 2021
(Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)

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Presenter: Dr Jeff Kildea is an Honorary Professor in Irish Studies at the University of New South Wales. In 2014 he held the Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the Irish in Australia including Hugh Mahon: Patriot, Pressman, Politician, Anchor Books Australia, Melbourne, 2017 (Vol 1) and 2020 (Vol 2). This talk examines the background to Mahon’s expulsion from parliament and how it led to his being ostracised by his fellow Australians including his neighbours at Ringwood.

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