| ISBN |
9781743059951 |
| Title |
More than miners : Cornish essays from South Australia / edited by Jan Lokan and Philip Payton. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Mile End, South Australia : Wakefield Press, 2023. |
| Description |
xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Before the mines: early Cornish emigration to South Australia / Philip Payton -- Captains of the Kapunda mine / Greg Drew -- Thomas Roberts: from Greenwith via Montacute to Burra / Keith Johns -- 'Songs of the old home': Cornish Carols in South Australia / Kate Neale -- Thomas Ninnes of Clare / Moira Drew -- Fire and grain: Stephen and Elizabeth Goldsworthy, farming pioneers / Kerryn Goldsworthy -- William Abraham (1847-1922): a mine inspector's response to industrial disaster / Cheryl Hayden -- The Cornish influence on music in Broken Hill / Robynne Sanderson -- Local Cornish and their choirs: Cornish connections of South Australia's metropolitan male choir / Jan Lokan and John Brimson -- H. Lipson Hancock and the 'Betterment Principle': health and wellbeing at Moonta and Wallaroo mines / Philip Payton -- Sir John Langdon Bonython, a rich and successful life: but South Australia or Cornwall? / Jean Prest -- One false move: the Bravery of Leon Goldsworthy / Jan Lokan -- Creative Cornish: an Australian literary heritage / Rosanne Hawke -- Cousin Jack and his economic niche / Cheryl Hayden. |
| Summary |
In South Australia, the Cornish connection with the state's copper-mining communities is well-known and deservedly celebrated. So too is the influence of the South Australian Cornish in other parts of the continent, especially neighbouring Broken Hill and Victoria. But mining was only ever part of their story. They were, as this volume makes clear, much More Than Miners, their distinctive impact readily apparent in an array of 'Cornish' cultural and social activities, notably music and Methodism. Besides, not all Cornish immigrants were miners, with many Cornish men and women involved in a wide variety of other occupations, particularly farming. This important collection of essays illuminates this extraordinary diversity, adding new depth and new insights to the endlessly fascinating story of the South Australian Cornish. |
| Subjects |
Cornish -- Australia -- History |
| Cornish -- South Australia -- History -- 19th century |
| Pioneers -- South Australia |
| Miners -- South Australia -- Biography |
| Miners -- South Australia -- History -- 19th century |
| Cornish -- Australia -- South Australia -- Congresses |
| South Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History |
| South Australia -- Social life and customs |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Lokan, Jan J. (editor) |
| Payton, Philip J., 1953- (editor) |
| Permanent OpenURL |
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| Call number |
2023.305 |
