About Author

Ian Chambers is the Executive Officer of the Centre for Irish Studies at Murdoch University, Australia. He has a Ph.D. and a B.A. with Honours in History from Murdoch University. His publications include, 'Winston Churchill and Irish Home Rule, 1899-1914’, Parliamentary History, Vol.19, pt. 3, Edinburgh University Press, 2000; ‘I’m an Australian and speak as such: The Perth Irish Community’s responses to events in Ireland, 1900-1914’, in Bob Reece (ed.), The Irish in Western Australia, Nedlands, 2000.