The Objectives of the Association are:

1. To provide social advice to Irish immigrants regarding their rights and available services, in order to assist them to make a smooth transition into Australian society.
2. To provide advice and assistance to Irish people in detention, and their families.
3. To offer advice and assistance regarding housing and accommodation.
4. To advise and assist with unemployment issues and employment procedures/rights.
5. To offer assistance and visitations to people in hospitals and Nursing Homes.
6. To assist and advise isolated, widowed or bereaved families.
7. To provide contact and assistance to inmates and families to those in jails, during or on release.
8. To research, enhance and promote Irish culture in Australia and to do this by using the existing framework within the Irish community.
9. To attend and service any other charitable needs of individuals and community groups within the Irish community in Australia.

In October 1996, burial plots were purchased at Rookwood Cemetery, to be used for the needy in the Irish Community.  The IAWB now owns 24 burial plots in St. Patrick’s Lawn Cemetery at Rookwood.

To date 27 people are interred there.  These 27 men and women were born in various counties in Ireland and have lived in Australia for many years.

Every November the IAWB organizes the celebration of Mass in the Sacred Heart Chapel in Rookwood for the deceased member s of the Irish Community.  Following Mass the rosary is recited at the gravesides.