IRISH NEWS AND NEWSPAPERS over time
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Australia has always welcomed Irish immigrants, from it's very founding. Admittedly, many of the earliest immigrants were given free passage, whether or not they wanted it. Some of them came on the First Fleet, or like my fourth great grandmother, Bridget Eslin/Heslin, arrived on one of the early convict ships. For her, it was the "Sugar Cane"in 1793.
Though Bridget arrived as a convict, like many of her ilk, she became a respectable citizen, raising a large family with fellow convict, Robert Hobbs, who arrived with the Third Fleet, on the "Active" in 1791, after a trial at the Old Bailey.
Summary of Bridget's story Robert & Bridget's story
I've often wondered if Bridget ever longed for news from Ireland. No newspapers for her, as she was illiterate, but I think she would have hung on every word shared by her countrymen.
TROVE has copies of very early newspapers which contained Irish news... here are a few examples...including some clippings from the papers of the time.....
As always, please click to enlarge...
Bendigo Advertiser 22 Jul 1864
Bendigo Advertiser 4 Dec 1873
* The Record September 1, 1883
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-356890797/view?sectionId=nla.obj-358540147&partId=nla.obj-356931323#page/n0/mode/1up
Please click to enlarge...
You can download the whole 17 pages as a .pdf, .jpg or text if you wish. There are some interesting articles.
Page: 7 (Original: (1 September 1883) Below
This page is interesting for another reason.. can you see why?
* The Record 1883
Cite
Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-353793576
APA citation
(2016). The Record Retrieved June 27, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-353793576
MLA citation
The Record Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2016. Web. 27 June 2017 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-353793576>
Harvard/Australian citation
There are a few Irish related newspapers available also, one of the best known is the Freeman's Journal... it can be very helpful when looking for details of families or births, deaths, marriages, as well as general news from Ireland.
Here are a few excerpts...
Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW:1850-1932) the 4 Jul 1850 P 6. Colonial News
Excerpts
Freeman's Journal 15 Jul 1915
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-page12806072.pdf
Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), Thursday 8 October 1925, page 10
nla.news-article122920697.3 Freeman's Journal 12 May 1927
A more recent edition...
# Irish Echo ... from 2009 onwards... http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-100123
A number of pages have been archived as listed on the above URL.. however as this collection changes, some may no longer be available... it's a case of trying.
A more recent cover...
https://www.irishecho.com.au
You can also read Irish Newspapers via the National Library Australia if you have an NLA library card... which you can apply for here..
