Media: BOOK - paperback, 254 pages
Author: P. Payton
Year: 2023
ISBN: 9781743059951
Other: b&w & colour photos, bibliog
Publisher: Wakefield Press

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.

Contents

• Introduction
• Before the mines: Early Cornish Emigration to South Australia - Philip Payton
• Captains of the Kapunda Mine - Greg Drew OAM
• Thomas Roberts: From Greenwith via Montacute to Burra - Keith Johns OAM
• `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 Lan don Bon thou, a Rich and Successful Life: But South Australia or Cornwall? - Jean Prest
• One False Move: The Bravery of Leon Goldsworthy GC, DSC, GM - Jan Lokan
• Creative Cornish: An Australian Literary Heritage - Rosanne Hawke
• Cousin Jack and his Economic Niche - Cheryl Hayden
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors