The Australian Prime Minister has outlined how Irish emigrants in the country will be made to feel welcome this St. Patrick's weekend. She made the address to the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne.

Julia Gillard said Seal Rock will be renamed Selkie Rock for the weekend while the Nobbies will be re-named the O'Nobbies.

"We're just down the road from St Patrick's Cathedral, that "work of centuries crowded into years", a triumph of Gothic Revival and of Gaelic pride...We're a stone's throw away from that legendary Young and Jackson's, named for two Dubliners" she said.

"Even the river running past us now through the middle of Melbourne bears a resemblance to Anna Liffey".

"We've been so blessed by the contributions of great Irish individuals who've made names for themselves and their people. We've been even more blessed by all the millions who've come - their millions of descendants - and the tens of thousands of Irish-born Australians who live with us today: the countless, nameless nation-builders of Irish Australia" she added.

And Prime Minister Gillard also said she is considering changing her own title.