The Welsh in an Australian Gold Town
Ballarat, Victoria 1850-1900
Distributed for University of Wales Press
208 pages
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2010
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.
Richard Allen, University of Wales, Newport
“Robert Tyler’s well-researched and reflective study offers perceptive insights into the experiences of Welsh migrants in the Australian gold-field community of Ballarat/Sebastopol. It develops our understanding of the process of nineteenth-century emigration to Australia significantly and scrutinizes settlement patters, the process of assimilation and the resilience of Welsh cultural identity admirably. It is both a landmark study in Welsh migration history and an accessible read for all audiences.”
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