Thursday, 30 January 2014

Welsh Patagonians in Australia's Northern Territory

A lot of people know the story of the Welsh Patagonians.


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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