The Welsh in an Australian Gold Town
Ballarat, Victoria 1850-1900
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Since the earliest days of colonial settlement in Australia, immigrants from Wales have played a prominent role, but their place in Australian history and culture has been relatively little-studied. This book focuses on the Welsh immigrant community in the Ballarat/Sebastopol gold mining district of Victoria, offering a micro-level analysis of a Welsh community and the changes it underwent through the second half of the nineteenth century.
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Maps and Illustrations
Introduction
1. Settlement Patterns
2. Occupation
3. Language
4. Religion
5. Cultural Institutions
6. Villains, Whores, Drunkards and British Imperialists
7. Assimilation
Conclusion
Appendix I: Numbers and Percentages of Welsh-born in Victoria
Appendix II: Occupational Categories
Appendix III: Yr Australydd and Yr Ymwelydd
Notes
Bibliography
Index
History: European History
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