May 2026 QIA Newsletter

Welcome to the May 2026 QIA Newsletter. We have news of changes to our board. Our President Jeffrey Spender has retired and we welcome our new President, Graham Moloney.  We have a feature by our member Suzie Holland on her visit to the Australian Celtic Festival in Glen Innes. With our visit to The Commissariat Store this week for the talk on John Finnegan, we look at that and other convict sites across Brisbane. We also have news of a Queensland Irish Association Bloomsday exhibition in Brisbane Square Library. Ireland has released its 1926 Census, and as the first census commissioned after the establishment of the Irish Free State, it offers a fascinating glimpse into everyday life in Ireland a century ago and can spark a deeper exploration of family history.…

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Walking through Brisbane’s past with QIA special heritage tour

  The Queensland Irish Association is joining forces with the Royal Historical Society of Queensland for a special heritage walk exploring the story of Brisbane’s earliest days. QIA members are invited to take part in an exclusive Queen’s Wharf Precinct Heritage Tour on Tuesday, 18 August, discovering the historic buildings, people and events that shaped the city from its colonial beginnings.…

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