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| group = Welsh Australians |
| group = Welsh Australians |
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| native_name = {{native name|cy|Awstraliaid Cymreig}} |
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* 25,317 (by birth, 2006)<ref name="ABS Country of Birth">{{cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] | work = {{CensusAU|2006}}| accessdate = 2008-05-27}}</ref> |
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| population = '''156,108''' (by ancestry, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/AUS | title=2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref><br>('''0.6%''' of the [[Demography of Australia|Australian population]]) |
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<br />'''29,250''' (by birth, [[2021 Australian census|2021]]) |
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| langs = [[Australian English]], [[Welsh language|Welsh]] |
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| rels = [[Christianity]] (mostly [[Anglicanism]] and [[Presbyterianism]]) |
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| related = [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Scottish Australians]], [[Irish Australians]], [[English Australians]], [[Welsh New Zealanders]], [[Welsh settlement in Argentina|Welsh Argentines]], [[Welsh Americans]], [[Welsh Canadians]] |
| rels = [[Christianity]] (mostly [[Anglicanism]] and [[Presbyterianism]]) |
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| related = [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Scottish Australians]], [[Irish Australians]], [[Cornish Australians]], [[English Australians]], [[Welsh New Zealanders]], [[Welsh settlement in Argentina|Welsh Argentines]], [[Welsh Americans]], [[Welsh Canadians]] |
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[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Inner Sydney by SLA - BCP field 1222 Welsh Total Responses.svg|thumb]] |
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==Demographics== |
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==Number of Welsh Australians== |
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[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1222 Welsh Total Responses.svg|thumb|right|400px|People with Welsh ancestry as a percentage of the population in Australia divided geographically by statistical local area, as of the 2011 census]] |
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1222 Welsh Total Responses.svg|thumb|right|400px|People with Welsh ancestry as a percentage of the population in Australia divided geographically by statistical local area, as of the 2011 census]] |
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⚫ | According to the 2006 Australian census 25,317 Australian residents were born in [[Wales]],<ref name="ABS Country of Birth">{{cite web| url = http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=POLTD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Country%20of%20Birth%20of%20Person%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&topic=Birthplace& |title = 20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia|format = Microsoft Excel download |publisher = [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] | work = {{CensusAU|2006}}| access-date = 2008-05-27}}</ref> while 113,242 (0.44%) claimed Welsh ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.<ref name="ABS Ancestry">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?breadcrumb=POLTD&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&subaction=-1&issue=2006&producttype=Census%20Tables&documentproductno=0&textversion=false&documenttype=Details&collection=Census&javascript=true&topic=Ancestry&action=404&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&order=1&period=2006&tabname=Details&areacode=0&navmapdisplayed=true& |title=20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia |format=Microsoft Excel download |publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |work={{CensusAU|2006}} |access-date=2008-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310121707/http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/download?format=xls&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Ancestry%20(full%20classification%20list)%20by%20Sex&producttype=Census%20Tables&method=Place%20of%20Usual%20Residence&areacode=0 |archive-date=March 10, 2008 }}</ref> |
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According to the 2006 Australian census 25,317 Australian residents were born in [[Wales]],<ref name="ABS Country of Birth"/> while 113,242 (0.44%) claimed Welsh ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.<ref name="ABS Ancestry"/> |
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The name [[Jones (surname)|Jones]], |
The name [[Jones (surname)|Jones]], common in Wales, although the name first arrived from England in the middle ages, is one of the most common surnames in Australia, accounting for over 1% of Australians, which suggests a higher rate of Welsh ancestry than indicated by self-identification.{{cn|date=March 2023}} |
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A 1996 study gives the total ethnic strength of Welsh Australians as 243,400. This is made up by 44,100 of un-mixed origin and 683,700 of mixed origin.<ref name="Jupp2001">{{cite book|author=James Jupp|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&pg=PA227|date=1 October 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80789-0|page=227}}</ref> This would make the Welsh the fifth largest [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group in Australia after the [[English Australian|English]], [[Irish Australian|Irish]], [[Scottish Australian|Scottish]] and [[Cornish Australian|Cornish]]. |
A 1996 study gives the total ethnic strength of Welsh Australians as 243,400. This is made up by 44,100 of un-mixed origin and 683,700 of mixed origin.<ref name="Jupp2001">{{cite book|author=James Jupp|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&pg=PA227|date=1 October 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80789-0|page=227}}</ref> This would make the Welsh the fifth largest [[Anglo-Celtic Australian|Anglo-Celtic]] group in Australia after the [[English Australian|English]], [[Irish Australian|Irish]], [[Scottish Australian|Scottish]] and [[Cornish Australian|Cornish]]. |
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==Welsh emigration to Australia== |
==Welsh emigration to Australia== |
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It is believed that the eastern coast of Australia reminded Captain [[James Cook]] of the coast of [[South Wales]] (especially the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] coast, which he knew), hence the name he gave to it, "New South Wales". The first European colony in Australia was in New South Wales, beginning with the [[First Fleet]] of 1788. Welsh people numbered amongst these first settlers, and continued to arrive in the new colony through the British policy of [[penal transportation]] that was implemented for many criminal acts. |
It is believed that the eastern coast of Australia reminded Captain [[James Cook]] of the coast of [[South Wales]] (especially the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] coast, which he knew), hence the name he gave to it, "New South Wales". The first European colony in Australia was in New South Wales, beginning with the [[First Fleet]] of 1788. Welsh people numbered amongst these first settlers, and continued to arrive in the new colony through the British policy of [[penal transportation]] that was implemented for many criminal acts.{{cn|date=March 2023}} |
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⚫ | A [[gold rush]] began in Australia in the early 1850s, and the [[Eureka Stockade]] rebellion in 1854 was an early expression of nationalist sentiment. Amongst its leaders was the Welsh-born [[Chartism|Chartist]] [[John Basson Humffray]], one of a significant group of immigrants that came over from Wales at this time.{{cn|date=March 2023}} |
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==List of notable Welsh Australians== |
==List of notable Welsh Australians== |
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|[[Tony Abbott]]||1957–|| |
|[[Tony Abbott]]||1957–||former prime minister||has lived in Australia since he was three years old||born in England and maternal grandmother was Welsh |
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| [[James Atkin, Baron Atkin|James Atkin, Baron Atkin of Aberdovey]] (also known as Lord Atkin) ||1867–1944||lawyer and judge||born in Australia||grew up in Wales from age 4; always thought of himself as Welsh |
| [[James Atkin, Baron Atkin|James Atkin, Baron Atkin of Aberdovey]] (also known as Lord Atkin) ||1867–1944||lawyer and judge||born in Australia||grew up in Wales from age 4; always thought of himself as Welsh |
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|[[John Beard (artist)|John Beard]]||1943–||artist||lives in Australia||born in Wales |
|[[John Beard (artist)|John Beard]]||1943–||artist||lives in Australia||born in Wales |
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|[[Edgeworth David]]||1858–1934|| |
|[[Edgeworth David]]||1858–1934||geologist and explorer (discovered the Hunter Valley coalfield)||spent most of his life in Australia||born in Wales |
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|[[Stella Donnelly]]||1992–||Musician||Moved to Australia at age ten||born in Wales |
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|[[Hughie Edwards]]||1914–1982||senior officer in the RAF, former governor of Western Australia, recipient of Victoria Cross, most highly decorated serviceman of WW2||Born in Australia||Welsh parents |
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|[[Tyson Frizell]]||1991–||Rugby League footballer||Born in Australia||Welsh father |
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|[[Julia Gillard]]||1961–||Former prime minister||Migrated to Australia at age five||born in Wales |
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|[[Samuel Griffith]] ||1845–1920||former premier of Queensland, chief justice of the [[High Court of Australia|High Court]]; principal author of the Constitution of Australia||migrated to Australia in 1853||born in Wales |
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|[[Rolf Harris]] ||1930–2023||artist, entertainer and convicted child sex offender||born in Australia, lived in the United Kingdom since 1953||Welsh parents |
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|[[Billy Hughes]] ||1862–1952||former prime minister||migrated to Australia 1884||Welsh parents |
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|[[Jean Jenkins (politician)|Jean Jenkins]] ||1938–||former senator||migrated to Australia 1969||Welsh parents and upbringing |
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|[[Joseph Jenkins (diarist)|Joseph Jenkins]]||1818–1898||diarist, poet and swagman||resident in Australia 1869-1894||born in Wales |
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| [[Andrew Johns]]||1974–||Rugby League footballer|| |
| [[Andrew Johns]]||1974–||Rugby League footballer||born in Australia, represented New South Wales and Australia||Welsh grandfather |
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| [[David Jones (merchant)]]||1793–1873|| |
| [[David Jones (merchant)]]||1793–1873||retailer and businessman||set up his business in Australia||born in Wales |
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| [[T. Harri Jones]]||1921–1965|| |
| [[T. Harri Jones]]||1921–1965||poet and lecturer||migrated to Australia||born in Wales |
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| [[John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1967)|John McCarthy]]||1967–||Australian rules footballer||migrated to Australia ||born in Wales |
| [[John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer, born 1967)|John McCarthy]]||1967–||Australian rules footballer||migrated to Australia ||born in Wales |
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| [[Kylie Minogue]]||1968–||singer and actress||born in Australia||mother born in Wales |
| [[Kylie Minogue]]||1968–||singer and actress||born in Australia||mother born in Wales |
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| [[Alf Morgans]]||1850–1933|| |
| [[Alf Morgans]]||1850–1933||former premier of Western Australia||moved to Australia in 1896||born in Wales |
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| [[Thomas Price (South Australian politician)]]||1852–1909|| |
| [[Thomas Price (South Australian politician)]]||1852–1909||former premier of South Australia||moved to Australia in 1883||born in Wales |
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| [[Naomi Watts]]||1968–||actress||moved to Australia when she was 15 |
| [[Naomi Watts]]||1968–||actress||moved to Australia when she was 15||lived in Wales between the ages of seven and 14; mother's parents Welsh |
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| [[Rhys Williams (soccer, born 1988)|Rhys Williams]]||1988–||professional soccer player||born in and grew up in Australia; member of the [[Socceroos]] in 2009–2010||Welsh grandparents on his father's side; played for the Welsh under-21 team<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25466331-2883,00.html |title=Rhys Williams opts to play for Australia instead of Wales |date=2009-05-12 |access-date=2009-05-12 |publisher=Herald Sun}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,1~1074267,00.html|title=Introducing Rhys Williams|publisher=Middlesbrough F.C.|access-date=2009-05-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920190645/http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C1~1074267%2C00.html|archive-date=2007-09-20}}</ref> |
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Awstraliaid Cymreig (Welsh) | |
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Total population | |
156,108 (by ancestry, 2021)[1] (0.6% of the Australian population) 29,250 (by birth, 2021) | |
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Australian English, Welsh | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mostly Anglicanism and Presbyterianism) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Welsh, Scottish Australians, Irish Australians, Cornish Australians, English Australians, Welsh New Zealanders, Welsh Argentines, Welsh Americans, Welsh Canadians |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Australian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Inner_Sydney_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1222_Welsh_Total_Responses.svg/220px-Australian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Inner_Sydney_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1222_Welsh_Total_Responses.svg.png)
Welsh Australians (Welsh: Awstraliaid Cymreig) are citizens of Australia whose ancestry originates in Wales.
Demographics[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Australian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Australia_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1222_Welsh_Total_Responses.svg/400px-Australian_Census_2011_demographic_map_-_Australia_by_SLA_-_BCP_field_1222_Welsh_Total_Responses.svg.png)
According to the 2006 Australian census 25,317 Australian residents were born in Wales,[2] while 113,242 (0.44%) claimed Welsh ancestry, either alone or with another ancestry.[3]
The name Jones, common in Wales, although the name first arrived from England in the middle ages, is one of the most common surnames in Australia, accounting for over 1% of Australians, which suggests a higher rate of Welsh ancestry than indicated by self-identification.[citation needed]
A 1996 study gives the total ethnic strength of Welsh Australians as 243,400. This is made up by 44,100 of un-mixed origin and 683,700 of mixed origin.[4] This would make the Welsh the fifth largest Anglo-Celtic group in Australia after the English, Irish, Scottish and Cornish.
Welsh emigration to Australia[edit]
It is believed that the eastern coast of Australia reminded Captain James Cook of the coast of South Wales (especially the Vale of Glamorgan coast, which he knew), hence the name he gave to it, "New South Wales". The first European colony in Australia was in New South Wales, beginning with the First Fleet of 1788. Welsh people numbered amongst these first settlers, and continued to arrive in the new colony through the British policy of penal transportation that was implemented for many criminal acts.[citation needed]
Mass emigration from Wales to Australia began in the nineteenth century with New South Wales and Victoria being popular destinations. Nineteenth-century Welsh settlers were mostly farmers, followed later by gold diggers and coal miners.[citation needed]
A gold rush began in Australia in the early 1850s, and the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854 was an early expression of nationalist sentiment. Amongst its leaders was the Welsh-born Chartist John Basson Humffray, one of a significant group of immigrants that came over from Wales at this time.[citation needed]
List of notable Welsh Australians[edit]
Name | Born-Died | Notable for | Connection with Australia | Connection with Wales |
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Tony Abbott | 1957– | former prime minister | has lived in Australia since he was three years old | born in England and maternal grandmother was Welsh |
James Atkin, Baron Atkin of Aberdovey (also known as Lord Atkin) | 1867–1944 | lawyer and judge | born in Australia | grew up in Wales from age 4; always thought of himself as Welsh |
John Beard | 1943– | artist | lives in Australia | born in Wales |
Edgeworth David | 1858–1934 | geologist and explorer (discovered the Hunter Valley coalfield) | spent most of his life in Australia | born in Wales |
Stella Donnelly | 1992– | Musician | Moved to Australia at age ten | born in Wales |
Hughie Edwards | 1914–1982 | senior officer in the RAF, former governor of Western Australia, recipient of Victoria Cross, most highly decorated serviceman of WW2 | Born in Australia | Welsh parents |
Tyson Frizell | 1991– | Rugby League footballer | Born in Australia | Welsh father |
Julia Gillard | 1961– | Former prime minister | Migrated to Australia at age five | born in Wales |
Samuel Griffith | 1845–1920 | former premier of Queensland, chief justice of the High Court; principal author of the Constitution of Australia | migrated to Australia in 1853 | born in Wales |
Rolf Harris | 1930–2023 | artist, entertainer and convicted child sex offender | born in Australia, lived in the United Kingdom since 1953 | Welsh parents |
Billy Hughes | 1862–1952 | former prime minister | migrated to Australia 1884 | Welsh parents |
Jean Jenkins | 1938– | former senator | migrated to Australia 1969 | Welsh parents and upbringing |
Joseph Jenkins | 1818–1898 | diarist, poet and swagman | resident in Australia 1869-1894 | born in Wales |
Andrew Johns | 1974– | Rugby League footballer | born in Australia, represented New South Wales and Australia | Welsh grandfather |
David Jones (merchant) | 1793–1873 | retailer and businessman | set up his business in Australia | born in Wales |
T. Harri Jones | 1921–1965 | poet and lecturer | migrated to Australia | born in Wales |
John McCarthy | 1967– | Australian rules footballer | migrated to Australia | born in Wales |
Dannii Minogue | 1971– | singer and entertainer | born in Australia | mother born in Wales |
Kylie Minogue | 1968– | singer and actress | born in Australia | mother born in Wales |
Alf Morgans | 1850–1933 | former premier of Western Australia | moved to Australia in 1896 | born in Wales |
Thomas Price (South Australian politician) | 1852–1909 | former premier of South Australia | moved to Australia in 1883 | born in Wales |
Naomi Watts | 1968– | actress | moved to Australia when she was 15 | lived in Wales between the ages of seven and 14; mother's parents Welsh |
Rhys Williams | 1988– | professional soccer player | born in and grew up in Australia; member of the Socceroos in 2009–2010 | Welsh grandparents on his father's side; played for the Welsh under-21 team[5][6] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "20680-Country of Birth of Person (full classification list) by Sex - Australia" (Microsoft Excel download). 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "20680-Ancestry (full classification list) by Sex - Australia". 2006 census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel download) on March 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ James Jupp (1 October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
- ^ "Rhys Williams opts to play for Australia instead of Wales". Herald Sun. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-05-12. [dead link]
- ^ "Introducing Rhys Williams". Middlesbrough F.C. Archived from the original on 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
Further reading[edit]
- Lloyd, Lewis. (1988) Australians from Wales Caernarfon: Gwynedd Archives. ISBN 0-901337-47-1