Dr Perry McIntyre is a fifth generation Australian who has been involved in Irish history and genealogy since the late 1970s. Perry taught high school science before changing her career path to history. She has completed an MLitt in history at UNE and in September 2006 she was awarded her PhD on an emigration topic whereby free wives and families were given assisted passages to Australia to join their convict relatives. |
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 DR RICHARD REID |
Dr Richard Reid is an Irish-Australian, born on the Atlantic coast of Antrim, and currently working in Canberra as a historian for the Federal Government. Educated in Ireland at the university which sent a host of its graduates to 19th century Australia – Trinity College, Dublin – Richard emigrated willingly to New South Wales in 1972 and taught high school in Wollongong until 1983... more | ||
 MR TERRY EAKIN |
Mr Terry Eakin has had a long interest in researching Irish genealogy and is particularly interested in Ulster. For eleven years he has produced ‘All Ireland Sources’ which is a monthly newsletter guiding genealogists to record sources of interest. These newsletters are available through... more | ||
 DR LIZ RUSHEN |
Dr Liz Rushen was awarded her PhD from Monash University, Victoria, in 1999. Her thesis explored the work undertaken by the London Emigration Committee and the lives of nearly 3000 women who migrated to the Australian colonies from Great Britain and Ireland. Her book Single & Free: female migration to Australia 1833-1837 (2003) details the lives of these enterprising women and explores their motivations and experiences in more |
