On Sep 13, 4:11*am, Andrew Clarke
wrote:
I rather think that the majority of Welsh (and Cornish)emigrants went to Australia, where there was plenty of work for miners.They contributed greatly to the gold rushes in Victoria and NSW as the names on local gravestones testify.

New Zealand was a popular destination for the Scots, hence the peculiar Kiwi pronunciation of the letter "I". These days it is a popular destination for Pacific Islanders and the social fabric in the cities is changing rapidly and not always harmoniously.

I can't speak for New Zealand as I have never been there, but I can say after fifty years in Australia that to speak of the place as a cultural desert whose youth can't wait to emigrate is, to say the least, rather wide of the mark.

One of my biggest regrets in life is not have spent time in
Australia. Still time for a visit I guess.