Abstract
In the 1840s and 1850s, Irish migrants to South Australia came from all sections of society – farm labourers and mine workers, pastoralists and farmers, professionals and tradespeople, entrepreneurs and capitalists. They included landless and poor Irish Catholics, middle-class Irish Catholics, and Anglo-Irish gentry of the Protestant Ascendancy. This full range of ‘Irishness’ could be observed in Kapunda, 75 kilometres north of Adelaide, which was described in the mid-19th century as ‘perhaps the largest secondary town in the Colony’ with about 3000 inhabitants.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Irish South Australia |
| Subtitle of host publication | New histories and insights |
| Editors | Susan Arthure, Fidelma Breen, Stephanie James, Dymphna Lonergan |
| Place of Publication | Adelaide |
| Publisher | Wakefield Press |
| Pages | 58-73 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781743056608 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781743056196 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Australian history
- South Australian history
- Irish settlers
- Kapunda