Irish-Australianadj.n.
/ˌʌɪrɪʃɒˈstreɪlɪən/, /ˌʌɪrɪʃɔːˈstreɪlɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌaɪrɪʃɔˈstreɪljən/, /ˈˌaɪrɪʃɑˈstreɪljən/ A. adj.
Designating an Australian of Irish origin or descent; of or relating to Australians of this kind.
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1852 Colonial Times (Hobart, Austral.) 16 Nov. Mr. Galavan, the Irish Australian policeman.
1869 Argus (Melbourne) 1 Nov. 8/5 (advt.) The Irish Australian Catholic Benefit Society.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 1/3 The..Irish-Australian baronet.
1946 A. H. Chisholm Making of Sentimental Bloke 55 A scholastic but breezy Irish-Australian lawyer.
1988 M. V. Seton-Williams Road to El-Aguzein ii. 9 It is this Irish-Australian element which has always been anti-British, and from which much of the Labour Party in Australia gets its strength.
2009 Weekend Courier (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 25 Sept. 90 A delightfully entertaining musical play, Mama Said, from local Irish-Australian author Helen Brett.
B. n.
An Australian of Irish origin or descent.
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1869 R. Varian Harp of Erin 160 With pleasure we give this beautiful tribute to the scenery of Australia, and to the feeling for the Old Land of the Irish-Australian, the unknown author of these beautiful lines.
1883 Argus (Melbourne) 9 Nov. 9/1 Irish Australians were ready to raise Ireland from the state of depression under which she long had laboured.
1932 J. Maxwell Hell's Bells 7 A lumbering, carefree Irish-Australian, with a heart of gold.
1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble vi. 106 Peter Lawler, a hard-bitten little Irish-Australian.
1999 Independent on Sunday 31 Oct. i. 25/1 The failure to articulate the Irish perspective is all the more surprising given the number of prominent Irish-Australians in the republican camp.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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