Welsh Colony of Settlers in Patagoniahttp://www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/Past+events/Travel+Events/Discovering+Patagonia.htmQuote....In
July 1865, 165 Welsh settlers colonised an area of the Chubut valley. Between 1865 and 1915 the colony was reinforced by another 3,000 settlers from Wales and the United States. Although living conditions were harsh, the colony expanded by trading with the Tehuelches and by irrigating the barren land. The colony continued to expand until the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Many of their descendants continue to live in the region today. The arrival of European colonists and the military campaigns of the 1870s and 1880s resulted in the indigenous Mapuche and Teheulches tribes being wiped out or forced onto reserves....Unquote
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http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Patagonia_1899-1905Patagonia 1899-1905
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http://www.welsh-patagonia.com/GenealogicalIndex.htmWELSH PATAGONIAN GENEALOGICAL INDEX
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also a book
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0957829183?tag=thewelshinpat-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0957829183&adid=12WH2BE9MCR1PSVXTNP2&Welsh Patagonians: The Australian Connection [Paperback]
Michele Langfield and Peta Roberts (Author)
Product DescriptionOne hundred and fifty-one Welsh Patagonians migrated to Australia between 1910 and 1916. A similar number of Welsh had sailed away to Patagonia in 1865 to start their own self-sufficient colony along the Chubut River in southern Argentina, free to speak and teach in Welsh, worship as they pleased, and to govern themselves. A magnet to a better life in Australia was the prospect of legal title to their own land. Migrating as groups, they separately formed two ‘Welsh settlements’ along the Murrumbidgee River of New South Wales and around Moora-Miling in Western Australia. Two large families who went to Darwin never took up their promised land. Drought, depression and poor quality land eventually dispersed these immigrants to all parts of Australia. This book traces the unique experiences of an almost complete group of immigrants, whose extensive kinship and affiliations kept alive their stories long enough for them to be related in this book. Rich personal testimonies gleaned from oral histories with sixty-three descendants, together with genealogical information spanning generations, are blended here with library and archival research from four countries. The result is a fascinating story of the connections of these Welsh Patagonians to Australia. Australian immigration encouragement policies are seen through the experiences of the Welsh Patagonians, casting new light on the application of Australian immigration policies and settlement schemes in the early twentieth century.
About the AuthorPeta Roberts' grandfather was born in Patagonia, and told stories of Indians and huge land grants. To investigate them, she visited Chubut in 1992. Peta later published a complete genealogical guide "Welsh Patagonia Genealogical Index 1865 to 1900" (ISBN 0646189174). Michele Langfield visited Chubut in 1994, having written about the Welsh Patagonians. She is a historian at Deakin University, Melbourne in Australia and has published widely in the fields of migration, multiculturalism, cultural heritage and identity.
Publisher: Crossing Press (June 30, 2005) ISBN-10: 0957829183 ISBN-13: 978-0957829183~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_headline=welsh-8216-back-in-fashion-8217-in-patagonia&method=full&objectid=19520344&siteid=50082-name_page.html~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Welsh_Colony_in_PatagoniaOutwards Passenger List for the Orita which left Liverpool on 2 November 1911 taking immigrants to Puerto Madryn. This voyage was the last major migration from Wales to Patagonia. Please note that outwards passenger lists for destinations outside Europe are now searchable online at
ancestorsonboard. Researchers interested in the history of Welsh emigration to Patagonia should search under the name of any emigrant leaving any British port for ARGENTINA and PUERTO (or PORT) MADRYN. If a common name such as Jones or Edwards is used then such a search will bring up their names and the names of other emigrants travelling with them.
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