Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall

From the beginning, Moonta cast itself as unique among Cornish immigrant communities, becoming 'the hub of the universe' according to its patriotic inhabitants. In this gripping history of the migration and settlement of Cornish people, Philip Payton explores Moonta and its copper-mining hinterland. He charts the arrival of hundreds of Cornish immigrants in the second half of the nineteenth century and the transplantation of distinctive Cornish cultural patterns that saw the town invent itself as 'Australia's little Cornwall'.

Accessible and appealing, Making Moonta will engage anyone with an interest in the impact of Cornwall and the Cornish on the wider world, while also providing a valuable insight into life in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Australia.