Hospitality, migration and cultural assimilation: the case of the Irish in Australia

Abstract

Daniel Mannix, played a key role in the referendum that rejected conscription. Indeed, as late as the 1950s, Irish nationals suffered discrimination in employment and were predominantly confined to roles as working-class citizens. This chapter focuses on three selected periods in Irish-Australian history to explain how the Irish involvement in the cultivation, distribution, preparation and consumption of food and beverages, along with their engagement with the hospitality industry, mitigated these tensions and played a substantive role in smoothing political and religious differences between the English and the Irish in Australia.