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'.Philip Payton is the author of 'Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall', published 2007 under ISBN 9780859897952 and ISBN 0859897958.