The 11th Irish-Australian Conference is jointly hosted by Murdoch University, the University of Notre Dame Australia and the Australian-Irish Heritage Association

The Conference marks the two hundredth anniversary of the Act of Union and its significance for Irish history from 1800 until the Good Friday Agreement. It also marks the success in Australia of the Federation movement in which the Irish played an important part. Papers are welcomed on these and any other themes in Irish Studies and the Ireland-Australia connection, such as:

• The Irish and the Empire
• The Irish and the Aborigines
• Australian Literature - the Irish Connection
• The Celtic Revival in Australia
• The Catholic Church and Education in Ireland and Australia
• Memorialising the 'Scattering'
• The Irish and Sport in Australia
• The 'Celtic Tiger'
• Ireland and the EC
• Irish Writing
• Irish Film and Media
• Irish Music
• Irish Theatre
• Irish Genealogy