
How Irish Resistance Shaped Australian History
When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance.
Jake Vincenzo Kite is a writer based in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia.
When British authorities deported Irish rebels to their Australian penal colonies, they also exported a tradition of anti-colonial resistance.
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