Val Noone

Val Noone
Dr Val Noone is an author, social activist and a specialist historian of Irish Immigration into Victoria, Australia.
Born	Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Spouse	Mary Doyle
Children	Michael Noone, Catherine Noone
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (2009)
Academic background
Education	Corpus Christi College (CCC)(Werribee):Philosophy and Theology: La Trobe University, Melbourne (doctorate)
Academic work
Discipline	historian
Sub-discipline	history of Irish emigration, The Irish language, Catholics and Christians: questions of war and peace. Catholic and Christians: Moral question of social justice
Notable works	Disturbing the War: Dorothy Day in Australia Hidden Ireland in Victoria

Valentine Gabriel Noone (born 9 May 1940^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian writer-editor, historian, social activist and academic. He is a recognised authority on Irish emigration to Australia, especially Victoria, since the time of the great Irish Famine (1845-1852). Noone has a particular interest in the history of the Irish language in Australia, its preservation, and the understanding of its social, cultural and linguistic aspects.

He is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. He was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia in June 2009.^[1][2][3] In 2013 the Senate of the National University of Ireland (NUI) in Dublin conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa, for his contribution to Irish Studies in Australia.^[4]