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The Welsh in Australia
Letters, diaries, etc.
AP GWILYM, Ifor. John Jones Pantperthog yn mynd i Awstralia. Y Faner 10.5.1991 12-13 AP GWILYM, Ifor. O Bantperthog i Melbourne. Y Goleuad 2.5.2003 1
COOK, Mairwen. Letters from Australia The Ogmore Valley Local History and Heritage Society Journal 1 (2000) 35-38
DAVEY, P. E. The diary of William Henry King, 1839-1925: teacher and preacher, the story of his life in Wales and Australia [Merrigum] : P. E. Davey , 2002. 104p Emigrated from Neath, Glamorganshire. The diary is located at NLW ex 2163
DAVIES, Daniel. Letters from Australia In Teyrnged: A tribute; essays & addresses by Lloyd Hughes; edited ... by Gweneth Lilly & David T. Jones. Llanfairfechan Historical Society, 1994. 120-123. DAVIES, Keturah. Keturah's DiaryKeturah Davies (1837-1860) was a 23 year old Welsh girl from Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire who kept a detailed diary of events and observations during the 3½ month sea voyage aboard the Schah Jehan from Britain to Australia in 1860.
DAVIES, Owen. In search of gold: [letter from Owen Davies of Edern (from Spring Creek, Ovens Diggins) to John & David Davies of Liverpool, 23.9.1853] Yr Enfys 50 (Jan/Feb 1961) 17,27 EAMES, Aled. Y fordaith bell. Caernarfon: Gwasg Gwynedd, 1993 210p EVANS, Robert. Account of a voyage to Australia in 1883. NLW Facs 431 Photocopy of typescript. Robert Evans (1857-1945 came from Rhyl, co. Flint.
EVANS, William. A letter to Australia 1888. Glamorgan Family History Society Journal 16 ([August] 1988) 19-20 EVANS, William Meirion. Tair wythnos yn Liverpool a Chymru. Cylchgrawn Hanes y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd 7 (1983) 43-52 O dyddiadur 1865 tra ar ymweliad â Chymru
FROST, John. Letter to his wife from Port Arthur in Van Diemen's Land, his place of settlement. Manchester: A Heywood, 1840 4p HASSAM, Andrew. No privacy for writing: shipboard diaries 1852-1879. Melbourne University Press, 1995 64-92.Maria Steley, born in Beaufort Hill, Monmouthshire, sailed on the Ariadne to Brisbane 1863/4.
The original diary is in the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
HUGHES, John. Llythyr Jac T Isha. Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Dyfed 52 (Rhag 1994) 69-70
HUMFFRAY, John Basson. Diary of J B Humffray on board the 'Star of the East' during a voyage to Australia, 1853; and other notes [7 July-15 Sep 1853] 146p Original ms in Ballarat Historical Society's collection in The Gold Museum, Bradshaw Street, Ballarat. Xerox copy in La Trobe Library, State Library of Victoria, MS 7822
JENKINS, Joseph. Diary of a Welsh swagman 1869-1894; abridged and noted by William Evans. South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1975 xviii, 216p, map JENKINS, Mary. Letters from Mary Jenkins of Pentwyn, Craigberthlwyd, Quakers' Yard, Llanfabon Parish, Glamorgan, to her son, Meshach, living in NSW Australia with his wife Catherine. Glamorgan Family History Society Journal 4 ([August] 1984) 19-21, 5 ([December] 1984) 25-26, 6 ([April] 1985) 9-11, 8 ([December] 1985) 16 JONES, John Richard. Dyddiadur taith i Awstralia 1908. Yr Ysgub 259 (Awst-Medi 2003) t.[13] JONES, Owen. Hen lythyron: Owen Jones, Forest Creek, Victoria, Awstralia, 12 Mai 1858 at Ebenezer Thomas 1802-63, Eben Fardd. Barn 162/3 (1976) 231-3 JONES, William. Nid aur popeth melyn. D. Arthur Smith. Nene 25 1 (Chwefror 2002) t.15 Llythyr 1863 oddi wrth William Jones, Talbot, Victoria.
MORRIS, Dafydd. Llythyr o Awstralia Yr Ysgub 205 (Hydref 1998) 6 PARRY, John Hanes fy nhaith o Gymru i Awstralia Eco'r Wyddfa 113 (Ebrill 1986) t6; 114 (Mai 1986) t.12-13; 115 (Mehefin 1986) t.6-7Taith o Lundain i Townsville, Queensland (ar gyfer Charters Towers) ym 1886
PRICE, Robin Dwy chwaer o Feirionnydd ac Awstralia Llafar bro 282 (Chwefror 2001) 11 (I'w barhau) ROBERTS, Elizabeth Grace (ed) Anglesey family letters 1840-1935 Liverpool: H. E. G. Roberts, 1976. 126, 14, XIIp, geneal. tables. ROBERTS, G. A voyage to Australia. Gwreiddiau Gwynedd Roots 29 (Nov 1995) 4-6 Based on the 1881 diary of Robert William Thomas of Trawsfynydd
THOMAS, Mary The diary and letters of Mary Thomas (1836-1866) being a record of the early days of South Australia; ed by Evan Kyffin Thomas. 2nd ed. Adelaide: W. K. Thomas & Co, 1915 ii, 162p THOMAS, Mesac. Letters from Goulburn: a selection of letters from Mesac Thomas, first Bishop of Goulburn; ed by B. Thorn, Canberra: Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, 1964 84p THOMAS, William. Hen lythyr. Taliesin 36 (Gorffennaf 1978) 73-80 TWAIN, Mark. A letter from Mark Twain. Brisbane: Shapcott Press, 1964 [7]p Letter to Father David Morgan Jones, native of Wales. Original letter in the University of Queensland Library.
WARBURTON, David. Diary of a Welsh emigrant Country Quest August 1989 18-19 Selections from the log of Maurice Bowen, from Newtown, Powys, who emigrated in 1848
