News from Abroad: Australia and New ZealandSource: North Irish Roots, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Spring, 1985), pp. 119-120Published by: North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27696587 .

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NEWS FROM ABROAD: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

The majority of informed persons know about the close links between Ireland and Australia and New Zealand. Many Australians and New Zealanders look back to Ireland as the country from which at least one of their forebears came to the country of their adoption. The North of Ireland Family History Society receives many enquiries from people in both Australia and New Zealand who know that they have Irish roots, and certainly the Society will be pleased to help enquirers in any way possible. The more one can be informed the better. In this respect it is wise advice to read all the literature at one's disposal. A very useful and most important

serial publication is THE IRISH LINK- THE IRISH FAMILY HISTORY MAGAZINE, published in Australia and in New Zealand, and obtainable from either: P.O. Box 135, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia, or P.O. Box 370, Thames, New Zealand. THE IRISH LINK is published by the Rev. H.W. Coffey, M.A., who hails from Co. Fermanagh and who knows both Ireland and Australia better than many.

The June 1985 issue of THE IRISH LINK will contain 48 pages. There will be 20 helpful articles on Irish family history research and a seven-line (on an average) enquiry from no fewer than 100 IRISH LINK subscribers from all parts of Australia and New Zealand who are seeking relatives in various parts of Ireland and elsewhere or information on the family they are

researching. THE IRISH LINK is sent free-of-charge to all main libraries in each of the 32 counties of Ireland. Thus there is complete coverage of the whole of Ireland from Derry to Kerry and each issue is read by a never-ending stream of people. Many in Ireland, and in Australia and New Zealand too, will be interested in the family name you are researching when they read a short account of it in THE IRISH LINK. When someone in Ireland sends you a helpful reply that person is sent THE IRISH LINK free-of-charge for a year, a nice present from faraway

Australia! This is mentioned in THE IRISH LINK to encourage them to write. Many have done so and are receiving their copies of THE IRISH LINK regularly.

With the assistance of letters from Ireland, letters and advice from THE IRISH LINK staff and

through publication in THE IRISH LINK, hundreds of Australians and New Zealanders now have information on their family background in Ireland that they never had a hope of otherwise

obtaining.

IRISH LINK subscriptions commence with the June issue each year, so no matter when you join you get the previous June issue and all subsequent ones for two years.

Owing to the great amount of work involved in compiling THE IRISH LINK and replying to subscribers' letters it will be appreciated that the staff of THE IRISH LINK cannot devote time to assisting those who are not subscribers. The subscription is $20.00 for two years. After

all, what is $20.00 today? You may send in two entries about the families you are researching for free publication in THE IRISH LINK now or later. If you are really interested in your Irish family history a subscription to THE IRISH LINK will prove both interesting and rewarding.

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In NORTH IRISH ROOTS, Vol. I, No. 2, page 62, we reviewed the publication, IRISH FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, Volume 1, ABBOT-DYNAN, revised, by Coffey and

Morgan. A long list of the surnames included in that book was given. We now draw the attention of readers to a similar publication that is due off the press in July this year: IRISH FAMILIES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 1788- 1985, Volume 2 revised, by Coffey and Morgan. This book gives brief histories of 1360 Irish or families of Irish ancestry who settled in Australia and New Zealand from the First Fleet in 1788 to the present day. In its 228 pages there are the families who merit mention, whose names range from EADES TO LYTTLE, who are descended from Irish, often with surnames differing from theirs. The volume covers a cross section of the population of Australia and New Zealand. The generals and the governors are in it as well as the convicts and the criminals, but the vast majority are neither noblemen nor

notorious but rather the ordinary Irish people who have been early settlers or have done

something worthy of mention.

This book is an at-a-glance directory of the newsworthy Irish in Australia and New Zealand and should be in every Irish household. No one has paid anything to be mentioned in the volume. The book will be helpful to those who are compiling family histories, for the names of spouses and in-laws are often given and in many cases the names and addresses of present-day descendants. The titles of publications mentioning families are recorded, and the reference number of documents relating to the surname available in Public Record Offices, in genealogical society files or elsewhere is also given. The Editors have more information on most of the

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families mentioned than in the book itself. This new volume will have more than double the number of entries which were in the original Volume 2. Together with its predecessors it is indeed a worthy record to the end of time of those Irish who helped to make Australia and New

Zealand the great countries they are today. The book is reasonably priced at $20.00 and may be obtained from: IFANZ, P.O. Box 135, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia.

NEWS FROM THE HOME FRONT: IRISH WORLD CITIZEN ORGANISATION

Formed in 1 984, the vision of the Irish World Citizen Organisation is to harness the potential of sixty-five million people of Irish origin throughout the world, culturally and economically.

Its objective is to explore and direct this concept to the advantage of the Irish everywhere, and to transform the emigration that was deplored in the past into a new and great positive asset for the future.

We not only have five million Irish people in Ireland, but over sixty-five million people of Irish

origin living in the world. The vision is to establish a base which will provide a focal point for the Irish nation at home and abroad.

The whole concept of the Organisation has been enthusiastically welcomed by many Irish

people throughout the world. This is manifested by 150 voluntary workers, donations received, and sponsors willing to finance promotion tours in the Irish communities in various parts of the world.

The Irish World Citizen Organisation has opened premises in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, ancient seat of the O'Neill clan. We have 12 graduate research workers employed in collecting information on Genealogy, Marketing, Tourism, Irish Culture, Computerisation, and exploring Irish communities overseas.

We have received co-operation from all the main Tourist and Cultural bodies in Ireland, and have had an enthusiastic response from Irish Federations throughout the world.

Professional advice on establishing a genealogical centre has been of great benefit to us. We will co-ordinate the activities of Family history groups throughout Ireland and link up with these

groups by computer, creating a competent and efficient service for those wishing to trace their

ancestry. A network of workers is being organised, who will collect genealogical information in the field, supported by others researching and substantiating this information in official records. Our operation will thereby be expanded, creating employment in the near future.

A market is being secured from which to draw tourists, and we will provide homely accommodation, cultural entertainment, and tours of historical sights for tourists by the summer of 1986. We hope that Irish World Citizens throughout the world will avail of this opportunity to visit their country of origin.

Youth will be catered for not only through exchange programmes whereby young Irish World Citizens will become acquainted with their peers around the globe, but by the employment potential which the Irish World Citizen Organisation has created for youth.

The marketing of Irish goods in the 'Irish World' is currently being researched. We are compiling an index of high-quality crafts which would be suitable for export. At present we are exploring

with an interested body the possibility of establishing a direct purchasing and selling group between Ireland and the United States. Thus we hope to develop markets, tourism, and inward investment in Ireland, thereby creating further employment.

Our Third World Group has received the co-operation of all the main charitable organisations in Ireland, and will encourage the export of secondhand industrial equipment, and the twinning

of schools and communities with areas of need in the Third World. We want to acknowledge the traditional link between Ireland and the Third World and develop this relationship.

Although we have received subscriptions from interested bodies, our main source of income will be membership fees. Already sponsors have offered to finance a promotional tour of

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