Irish emigrants to Australia

The list Irish emigrants to Australia includes Genevieve O'Reilly, Lynn Gilmartin, Diane Craig, Damien Leith and John Marks. The list consists of 356 members and 2 sublists.

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Emigrants from Northern Ireland to Australia
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Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
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Lynn Gilmartin

Australian television presenter

Overview: Lynn Gilmartin (born 3 November 1984 in Dublin, Ireland. Emigrated to Australia in 1986) is an Australian actress and TV host, best known as the anchor of the World Poker Tour on Fox Sports Networks (US) ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: TV Personality

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Angel Guillen (Poker Player) (Dating)

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Australian women television presenters 194T

Women television presenters 1,277T

Australian sportswomen 104T
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Genevieve O'Reilly

Irish actor

Overview: Genevieve O'Reilly (born 6 January 1977) is an Irish actress known for her work in the Star Wars franchise as Mon Mothma, having portrayed the character in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith ...

Date of birth: 6 January 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Luke Mulvihill (Married)

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Irish Shakespearean actresses 7T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 94T

Irish video game actresses 4T
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Diane Craig

Australian actor

Overview: Diane Mary Craig (born 1949), sometimes credited as Di Craig, is an Australia actress best known for her performances in film and television. She was born in Northern Ireland and since 1971 has been married ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Garry McDonald (Married)

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21st-century Australian actresses 429T

Television actresses from Northern Ireland 39T

20th-century Australian actresses 346T
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Damien Leith

Singer-songwriter

Overview: Damien Leo Leith (born 18 January 1976, in Dublin) is an Irish-Australian singer–songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest Australian Idol 2006. Since winning the title, Leith has ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male singers 6,386T

21st-century Irish singers 205T

Irish male novelists 178T
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John Marks

Canadian ice hockey player

Overview: John Garrison Marks (born March 22, 1948 in Hamiota, Manitoba) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League ...

Date of birth: 22 March 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Male

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AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans 249T

Ice hockey in Dayton, Ohio 7T

19th-century Australian politicians 1,444T
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Sonia O'Sullivan

Irish long-distance runner

Overview: Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the ...

Date of birth: 28 November 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 318T

Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade 163T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T
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Henry Osborne

Australian politician

Overview: Henry Osborne (8 February 1803 – 26 February 1859) was an Australian pastoralist, collier and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1851 and 1856. He was also a ...

Date of birth: 8 February 1808

Date of death: 26 February 1859

Age: 51 (age at death)

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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19th-century Australian politicians 1,444T

1800 deaths 448T

1751 births 479T
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Myra Juliet Farrell

Irish-born Australian inventor and artist

Overview: Myra Juliet Farrell (also Myra Juliet Welsh and Myra Juliet Taylor; 25 February 1878 – 8 March 1957) was an Australian visionary, inventor and artist. Born in County Clare, Ireland, she migrated to A ...

Date of birth: 25 February 1878

Date of death: 8 March 1957

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Inventor

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Irish emigrants to Australia (before 1923) 125T

Women inventors 259T

People from Broken Hill, New South Wales 46T
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Alan Joyce (executive)

Irish-Australian airline executive

Overview: Alan Joseph Joyce, AC (born 30 June 1966) is an Irish-Australian businessman. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian airline Qantas.

Date of birth: 30 June 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Business

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Gay businessmen 21T

Qantas people 19T

LGBT businesspeople from Australia 6T
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Audrey Fagan

Australian police chief

Overview: Audrey Ann Fagan APM (23 June 1962 – 20 April 2007) was an Australian police officer, who, between 2005 and 2007, held the rank of Assistant Commissioner and served as the Chief Police Officer of Australian ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1962

Date of death: 20 April 2007

Age: 44 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Law Enforcement

Gender: Female

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2007 suicides 63T

Chief Police Officers of ACT Policing 5T

Suicides in Queensland 11T
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Paddy Hannan

Irish-born gold prospector in Australia

Overview: Patrick "Paddy" Hannan (baptised 26 April 1840 – 4 November 1925) was a gold prospector whose discovery on 17 June 1893 near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia set off a gold rush in the area.

Date of birth: 26 April 1840

Date of death: 4 November 1925

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

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Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie 4T

Irish emigrants to colonial Australia 143T

People from Kalgoorlie 99T
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Colin Buchanan

Australian singer

Overview: Colin Buchanan (born 1964) is an Australian singer, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist.

Date of birth: 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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Australian children's television presenters 67T

Australian male guitarists 211T

Australian male singer-songwriters 139T
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Catherine Gaskin

Irish-Australian romance novelist

Overview: Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist.

Date of birth: 2 April 1929

Date of death: 6 September 2009

Age: 80 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Australian women writers 366T

Women romantic fiction writers 529T

20th-century Irish novelists 125T
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Dave Callan

Australian comedian

Overview: David Gerard Callan (born 20 September 1975 in Dundalk, Ireland) is a comedian based in Melbourne, Australia. Up until 2010 he worked as a Triple J disc jockey.

Date of birth: 20 September 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

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Irish male comedians 69T

Australian male comedians 220T

Australian media personalities 61T
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James Healey

Irish-born Australian actor (born 1951)

Overview: James Patrick Healey (born 13 January 1951 in County Galway, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish-born Australian actor. His family moved to Manchester, England before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia in ...

Date of birth: 13 January 1951

Age: 74

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from County Galway 22T

Male actors from Melbourne 208T

Australian male television actors 1,051T
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John Fegan

Australian actor

Overview: John Joseph Fegan (19 July 1908 – 9 April 1981) was an Irish Australian film and television actor. He appeared in many Australian films and television shows in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including ...

Date of birth: 1907

Date of death: 1981

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Logie Award winners 253T

20th-century male actors 1,186T

20th-century American male actors 8,672T
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James Dalton

Australian businessman

Overview: James Dalton (born in 1834 in Limerick, Ireland — 17 March 1919 in Duntryleague, Orange, New South Wales), a wealthy Australian merchant and pastoralist, that promoted Roman Catholicism and the development ...

Date of birth: 1834

Date of death: 17 March 1919

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Business

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People from Orange, New South Wales 25T

Irish emigrants to Australia (before 1923) 125T

Irish emigrants to colonial Australia 143T
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Anton Tohill

Australian rules football player

Overview: Anton Tohill (born 14 December 1999) is a Gaelic footballer and former Australian rules football player. He plays for the Swatragh club, the Derry county team and, formerly, for the Collingwood Football ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1999

Age: 25

Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)

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Patrick Michael Byrne (Australian anthropologist)

Australian anthropologist (1856–1932)

Overview: Patrick Michael Byrne (1856–1932), also known as Paddy or Pado, was an Australian telegraph operator, anthropologist and natural scientist who worked at the remote Charlotte Waters telegraph station in ...

Date of birth: 1856

Date of death: 1932

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Anthropologist

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Laura Duryea

Women's Australian rules footballer

Overview: Laura Duryea (born 14 December 1983), previously known as Laura Corrigan and also referred to as Laura Corrigan Duryea, is a women's Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne University and ...

Date of birth: 14 December 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Football AFL

Gender: Female

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Melbourne University Football Club (VFLW) players 39T

Cavan ladies' Gaelic footballers 2T

Irish female players of Australian rules football 16T