Anglo-Celtic Australia: Colonial Immigration and Cultural Regionalism
For years the prevailing view among scholars has been that postcolonial Australia is "an undifferentiated composite of Anglo-Celtic culture," in which English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish components quickly fused into a singular culture. But based on extensive field research, this study questions that view: the authors' compilation of data from 13,271 tombstones revealing the birth place of the interred, from 565 graveyards throughout Australia, shows "point-to-point and shire-to-shire...
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For years the prevailing view among scholars has been that postcolonial Australia is "an undifferentiated composite of Anglo-Celtic culture," in which English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish components quickly fused into a singular culture. But based on extensive field research, this study questions that view: the authors' compilation of data from 13,271 tombstones revealing the birth place of the interred, from 565 graveyards throughout Australia, shows "point-to-point and shire-to-shire migration from the British Isles to Australia." As a result, they also uncover Australia's distinct regional clusters of specific groups from the British Isles—and the differences of religion, dialect, urbanization, and agriculture that accompany them.
List of FiguresForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Australia: One or Many?3The "One Australia" Hypothesis4Challenging Australia-is-One6Seeking a Database9The Silent Witnesses10Database Problems14Data Processing17Ch. 2The English, Welsh, and Cornish19Source Regions20What the Epitaphs Say24Cornwall and Wales: A Study in Contrast31Destinations: What the Censuses Reveal33Destinations: The Standing Stones Speak36Saxon and Celtic Spheres42City versus Bush45Answering Questions45Ch. 3Caledonia Australis47Lowlanders and Highlanders49Epitaph Evidence51Destinations55Assessing Chain Migration57The Victoria Cluster62Northeastern New South Wales64Urban Scots67Answering Questions71Ch. 4Ireland Was My Nation73Many Irelands75Mute Testimony78Irish Destinations: The Census Data83Graveyard Tramping88The Urban Irish91Broken Chains94Answering Questions96Ch. 5Seeking Cultural Regionalism99Religious Denominations101Speech108Toponyms110Celtic Place Names112Voting Patterns116The Cultural Landscape116Roof Types119Wall Construction122Fencing the Land126House and Barn Types128Mixed Messages134Ch. 6Several Australias135Shuffling the Deck135City versus Bush136Coast versus Inland138Highland Graziers140A Final Word142App.: Cemeteries Included in the Database143Notes159Bibliography167Index183About the Authors191
