Dr Anne-Maree Whitaker is an independent historian based in Sydney, Australia, with a PhD in Australian history from Macquarie University, examining United Irishmen transported to New South Wales in the period 1800-1810. Anne-Maree has written ten books and numerous journal articles, with a particular interest in Irish-Australian and Australian Catholic topics. She is a Fellow in the Royal Australian Historical Society and the Royal Historical Society (UK), and a life member of the Irish National Association of Australasia. Some of Dr. Whitaker’s publications include “Unfinished Revolution: United Irishmen in New South Wales 1800-1810”; “Remembering Easter 1916: Australian links to the Irish Rebellion” in Lorna G. Barrow & Jonathan M. Wooding (eds) ‘Memory & Foresight in the Celtic World.’ Dr. Whitaker has also composed many articles including “The Irish Women’s Club: Cumann na mBan in Sydney 1919-1924” (Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society, vol 40, 2019); “Margaret Fleming: Irish Rebel to Sydney Schoolteacher” (Descent, vol 46, December 2016) and “Irish Republican Support Activities in Sydney, Australia 1969-1994” (Australian Journal of Irish Studies, vol 3, 2003).
