Dr Liz Rushen completed a PhD in history at Monash University in 1999, and was then appointed executive director of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Now an independent scholar, she is a member of the Professional Historians’ Association and an adjunct research associate in the School of Historical Studies, Monash University. Liz is widely published and is currently working with Dr Perry McIntyre on a project which explores the experiences of pre-Famine Irish immigrants to Australia, particularly in the context of the wider diaspora of this period.

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Executive Director, RHSV

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