“Robert Tyler’s well-researched and reflective study offers perceptive insights into the experiences of Welsh migrants in the Australian gold-field community of Ballarat/Sebastopol. It develops our understanding of the process of nineteenth-century emigration to Australia significantly and scrutinizes settlement patters, the process of assimilation and the resilience of Welsh cultural identity admirably. It is both a landmark study in Welsh migration history and an accessible read for all audiences.”

Richard Allen, University of Wales, Newport