Cornish Cousins designate “Cornish Town USA”
It’s official: Grass Valley, California, is the most Cornish place in America. And so is Gold Hill, Nevada. And soon, New Almaden, California. And after that perhaps an historic settlement…
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2015 Kernewek Lowender – advance notice
Moonta, Kadina, and Wallaroo – South Australia THE Preliminary program for the 2015 Kernewek Lowender (Copper Coast Cornish) Festival (17-24 May) has been released and it is one of the…
Heartlands – “where the future is as historic as the past”?: Part 2
In part 1, we learned quite a lot about the 19 acre World Heritage free visitor site in Pool near Redruth, named ‘Heartlands’. Linda Joy Lemon continues to explore this…
The Cornish in Australia’s most Cornish city – Bendigo
The Cornish were (another) significant ethnic group in Greater Bendigo. They brought with them expert mining knowledge and practices and a deep commitment to Methodism. Cornish migration in the nineteenth century…
South Crofty Mine into Administration
South Crofty Mine has been placed into Administration while investment continues to be sought. Canada-based Celeste entered into an earn-in agreement with WUM in May 2011 but was served with…
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