John Joseph Therry by Damian John Gleeson

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JOHN JOSEPH THERRY: Irish landlord, merchant, and priest in colonial Australia by Damian Gleeson

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This new biography challenges century-long clerical interpretations of an Irish Australian pioneer and a complex and contradictory colonial figure. Therry arrived at Botany Bay in May 1820. Over more than four decades of ministry across New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, he became:

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• a zealous and outspoken advocate for the colony’s predominantly Catholic population

• a determined participant in land acquisition and all matter of business ventures

• the writer, witness, executor, and beneficiary of dozens of Irish estates

• Benefactor to the Irish Jesuits to establish themselves in Melbourne and Sydney

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