Fewer know the stories of the Welsh Patagonians who left Argentina to found other colonies.
Hardly anyone knows this story!
The longing for a place where the grass is always greener conflicts with our hireath for home. Scandalous deceit on the part of the British Empire, propaganda written by a fellow Welshman with a New Zealand connection, and the misfortune that awaited those Welsh Patagonians who swallowed the lies and attempted to colonise Australia's Northern Territory.
I wrote this essay for a competition a couple of years ago. It didn't win, and I couldn't find another home for it, so now you lucky readers of my blog (all three of you) get to read it for free . . .
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