Irish orphan girls to Australia

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smcarberry
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Irish orphan girls to Australia

Post by smcarberry » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:10 pm

I am not sure that this information has not been posted already somewhere for the benefit of us Clare descendants. However, while I await my computer's being fixed so that I can do more heavy-duty messages, I will make this posting (for which I have no further info, as I
found it while searching for something else).

Sharon C.

http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/orph ... nument.htm
"Girls Orphaned by Irish Famine
The Irish-Australian community's desire to place a sculpture at the Hyde Park Barracks to commemorate the passage of 150 years since the Great Irish Famine represented a huge challenge. The Barracks in Sydney is imbued with so much of this nation's history that it has almost sacred status in the minds of many Australians..."
Peter Watts Director
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

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