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Meet the Author: "Irish Bigamy" by Dr Damian Gleeson

  • 28 June 2025
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Via Zoom
  • 495

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In 2022, genealogist and historian Dr Damian Gleeson was awarded the Australian Religious History Fellowship at the State Library of NSW, for his project: Irish-Australian Catholicism in the Penal Colony of New South Wales: Evidence from the Therry collection.

At the SAG virtual conference, “In Search of...Religion and Religious Organisations in Colonial Australia” held in November 2022, Dr Gleeson provided us with a fascinating presentation about his preliminary discoveries in the papers of pioneering Catholic Priest Fr John Therry. Some of the results of this project have now been published in a new book “Irish Bigamy” which is the first work to explore a side to relationships and marriages of Irish convicts in Australia given little attention in the past. 

Taking account of over 100 case studies in late 18th and early 19th century of bigamy amongst Irish and English couples in Australia, the Sydney-based historian believes the book may well change how we view both Irish and convict history.

Purchase your copy of 'Irish Bigamy'


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