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Monday, November 1, 2010

Article Alert: Book Review for Sinners, Saints and Settlers: A Journey Through Irish Australia

From google alerts comes a review for an interesting sounding book that has a section on Ned in it called

SINNERS, SAINTS AND SETTLERS: A JOURNEY THROUGH IRISH AUSTRALIA authored by Richard Reid and Brendan Kelson.

Many of you may recall that Brendan Kelson and John McQuilton did a book together back in 2001 called 'Kelly Country: a Photographic Journey."


From the review:

 Reid and Kelson also add a new dimension to some better known stories, such as those of Ned Kelly, Paddy Hannan and the Eureka Stockade. Brendon Kelson’s photographs bring many of the stories to life and will surely inspire readers to visit places such as the Shamrock Hotel in Bendigo, St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Koroit in Victoria and Galong Castle in NSW.
Sinners, Saints and Settlers is a comprehensive review of Australia’s connection with Ireland and the Irish up to the 1920s.

For more see
http://www.psnews.com.au/BooksFeaturespsn24110.html 




The review goes on to mention about the upcoming National Museum of Australia exhibition entitled "Irish in Australia" opening on St. Patrick's Day 2011. The book's author, Richard Reid, is senior curator at the NMA. For an interview with him with more info on the exhibition see

http://www.irishecho.com.au/2010/02/17/major-exhibition-on-irish-australia-to-open-in-2011/2000
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3 comments:

  1. mark perryNovember 6, 2010 at 6:27 PM

    This book looks extremely interesting. Thanks for alerting me. I am ashamed to say I missed this one on my radar.

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  2. Sharon HollingsworthNovember 6, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    Mark, yes, it sure does sound extremely interesting! Glad to be able to alert you to it. If you get a copy of this book it would be great if you could give us some details about the Ned Kelly related section in it.

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  3. Sharon HollingsworthJanuary 23, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Aha! I see now that they are calling the exhibition opening on March 17, 2011

    "Not Just Ned: A True History of the Irish in Australia"

    http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/irish_in_australia/

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