A NEW HISTORY OF THE IRISH IN AUSTRALIA

ELIZABETH MALCOLM is an honorary professorial fellow and was formerly Gerry Higgins Professor of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has published on policing, mental health, gender and popular culture in Ireland, as well as on the Irish diaspora in both Britain and Australia.

DIANNE HALL is an associate professor at Victoria University, Melbourne. She has published widely on the Irish in 19th-century Australia, as well as on gender, religion and violence in Ireland.