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Dr Perry McIntyre Receives Australia Day Honour

Published on: February 2021

Record: HANSARD-1323879322-115495

Dr Perry McIntyre Receives Australia Day Honour

Ms FELICITY WILSON (North Shore)

—Speaker, today I acknowledge Dr Perry McIntyre who is a Mosman resident and was recently awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) as part of the 2021 Australia Day Honours, and received this award for services to history and genealogy. Dr McIntyre has been involved in Irish history and genealogy since the late 1970's, and has also served as an executive President of the History Council of NSW, is a member of the Royal Australian Historical Society, and the Great Irish Famine Commemoration Committee. Dr McIntyre had her PhD on convict family reunions first published in 2010 and was a councillor of the Society of Australian Genealogists for 20 years. She has spoken and published extensively on immigration, particularly on 19th century Irish immigration. Dr McIntyre has successfully lead or co-lead nine successful tours to Ireland between 1991 and 2007, and has worked for 6 years as the archivist at St John's College at the University of Sydney. Congratulations to Dr Perry McIntyre on receiving this award.