The Immigration of Irish Lawyers to Australia in the Nineteenth Century

Australia enjoys a rich Irish heritage. This important work of legal and social history shines a light, for the first time, on Irish lawyers in colonial Australia. The book explains how it was that so many young Irish immigrants chose the Australian Colonies for themselves, to make careers in the law, and for some of them, in other fields as well as in the law.

The book backgrounds how the divisions in Ireland – by class and religion – and a lack of opportunity led them to look elsewh…