Welsh Australians
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ADDISON, George Henry Male (1858-1922). Born at Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, son of a Wesleyan minister; Architect and artist, Brisbane. Died in Brisbane (G&S).
AFFLEY, Declan James (1939-1985). Born in Cardiff, of Irish descent. After formal training in music at the Royal Welsh College of Music, he joined the Royal Navy at age 16 and arrived in Sydney in 1960 where he contributed to the folk music movement.
ANTHONY, Elizabeth (1821- ?). Born in Swansea, transported in 1839 for seven years. Married George Cowell (transported 1838) in Bathurst, NSW, 1844 (Descent March 2006:51, Beddoe 1979-159).
ASHTON, Dorothy Jeanette (Billy), née Saunders (c.1905-1960). Born on Barry Island, Glamorganshire, daughter of Samuel Saunders and actress Marie Lloyd; died at Geraldton, WA. Actress and singer, Perth. Married John Osbert Hampden on 29 January 1931 in Sydney (G&S).
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BATTYE, Edward Montagu (1817-1898). Born London son of George Battye. Policeman Sydney; married 1840 Miss Walford.(G&S)
BAYLY, Nicholas (1770-1823). Son of Nicholas Bayly of Plas Newydd, Anglesea. Soldier and settler in N.S.W. ADB
BEECHAM, Gwenllian (1883? -1973). She came to Australia with her husband in 1924 and was a founder of the Welsh Ladies Concert Party (which later became the Brisbane Welsh singers. She retired as conductor on St. David's Day, 1973, the year of her death. (Yr Enfys, Spring 2006:9, '70 years of song end on a sad note')
BENJAMIN, David Morgan. Welsh Presbyterian minister. Arrived New South Wales 1905. Presbyterian minister at Dunog (Cameron 1905:412).
BENNION, Thomas (1851-1929). b. Wales. Miner,Qld. d. Brisb. m. 1892. (G&S)
BENYON, John Henry. Welsh Presbyterian minister. Arrived New South Wales 1905 (Cameron 1905:412).
BEVAN, David John Davies (1873-1954). b. Melb, son of Rev. Llewelyn David B. [ADB7]; Judge, NT. d. Melb; m. D. Reed. (G&S)
BEVAN, Hopkin Llewelyn Willett (1871-1933). b. London, son of Rev. Llewelyn David B. [ADB7]; Clergyman and missionary, SA. d. Adel; m. 31 Dec. 1901 Hong Kong Beatrice dau. of W.M.K. Vale [ADB6]. (G&S)
BEVAN, James, (? – 1866) born Grosmont, Monmouthshire, and emigrated to Australia in1848. He married Elizabeth Fly and had three children, Bessie (1857-1858), Sophie (1859-?) and James Alfred (qv). He prospered after buying a Cobb & Co. coach route, and built one of the first mansions in Melbourne, which he named’Grosmont’. He and his wife died in 1866 when the SS London sank. CLIFTON
BEVAN, James Alfred (1858- ). Born St. Kilda, Victoria, and educated at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Cambridge. After his parents died in a shipwreck in 1866, he went to live with relatives in Wales. In 1882 he became the first captain of the Welsh rugby union side but after Wales lost 82-0, he never represented Wales again. Later he became an Anglican minister. CLIFTON WIKIPEDIA However the James Bevan Trophy was created in 2007 to celebrate 100 years of rugby between Wales and Australia. WIKIPEDIA
BEVAN, Llewelyn (1842-1918). Born Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. Congregational Minister at Collins Street Independent Church, Melbourne, and Principal of Parking College, Adelaide. ADB
BEVAN, Rees (1863-1933). b. Herwain, Glamorganshire, Wales. Colliery manager, W. Maitland, NSW. d. W. Maitland. m. Syd. Margaret E.McCauley? (G&S)
BEVAN, Theodore Francis (1860-1907). Explorer of Papua New Guinea and writer. Born in London, his paternal ancestors were Welsh. ADB
BEVAN, William. Shortly after the death of his brother James (qv) in 1866, he travelled to Australia and together with Thomas Rennison appointed a solicitor to handle his brother’s estate. William married around 1869 and had children “nearly every year up until 1883.’ CLIFTON
BEYNON, John Henry (1870-1932). b. Swansea, Wales. Clergyman, NSW. d. Syd. m. uknn. (G&S)
BIRKS, Frederick (1894-1917). Born Buckley, Flintshire. A labourer who enlisted in the A.I.F. and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. ADB
BLISSET, Allan, from South Wales , who settled at Picnic Point, New South Wales. His wife Judith died around 2009 and was an active member of the Sydney Welsh Society (Yr Enfys, 2009, 22:30).
BOWMAN, Michael (1943?-1955). At the age of nine Michael and his twin brother, Richard, were sent from an orphanage in Swansea, Wales, to Boys’ Town in Western Australia. In 1955 Michael was killed in a bus accident. In 2007, Michael’s best friend, David Crisp, erected a marble memorial to Michael. (Roberts, John Idwal, 2007. ‘Shearer keeps his promise to his dead mate.’ Yr Enfys, 14/07 (Spring):21.
(?)BOWEN, Edwin (or Edward) Mostyn Webb (1851-1879). b. Haverfordwest, (G&S)
BOWEN, Ivor (Ian) born Cardiff, Wales, 1908. Professor of Economics, University of Western Australia 1958-1973 (Notable Australians, 1978:160).
BRACY, Henry (1814-1917). Born Maesteg, Glamorgan. Operatic tenor and stage director. ADB
BRIGSTOCKE, Charles (1807-1859). Born Llawhaddon. Anglican clergyman in N.S.W. (ADB)
BROWN, James (1820-1895). Son of Haverfordwest wine merchant. Anglican archdeacon.(ADB)
BRUNTNELL, Albert (1866-1929). Born Llanigon, Breconshire. Salvation Army brigadier and commanding officer in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland. ADB
BUFTON, John (1858-1911). Welsh-born Congregational minister, botanist and author of Tasmanians in the Transvaal War. ANBG
BURGOYNE, Thomas (1827-1920). Born Radnorshire. First town clerk and surveyor of Port Augusta. S.A. Minister of Education.(ADB)
BUTLER, Stuart Thomas (1926-1982). Born Naracoorte, South Australia. His father had 'Welsh coal mining origins' and had trained as a teacher after World War 1.
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CARD, Mary (1861-1940). Born in Castlemaine, Victoria, she was one of the ten children of an Irish-born watchmaker and his wife, Welsh-born Harriet, née Watson. Mary’s crochet designs in magazines, using her own chart method were very popular and re-printed in her three books. ADB
COLLIER, Jenkin (1829-1921). Born in Bridgend, Glamorgan, he was a building contractor in Melbourne who built the Deniliquin-Moama railway and had pastoral interests in Queensland. Around 1901 he retired to his Toorak home which was named Werndew (thick marsh). His estate was worth ₤1.3 million. ADB
COLLINS, Percy Alfred (1905-1990), Australian sailor, was born at Murwillumbah, New South Wales, fourth child of William Walter Thomas Collins, a Sydney-born hairdresser, and his wife Ellen Frances, née Foley, who came from Wales. ADB
CONNAH, Thomas (1843-1915). Born in Birkenhead, England, and migrated to Brisbane in 1866. He joined the public service in 1873 and became Auditor-General in 1907. ‘Staunchly British, Connah would proudly wear a red rose (for Lancaster) in his buttonhole every St George’s Day … He was equally proud of his family’s ancient Welsh lineage.’ ADB
COUSINS, Ernie. In William Claridge's autobiography The Pommy Town Years (2000), the Cousins family is listed with the 'Newportolians' who migrated from Newport to Newcastle, NSW, when Lysaght's set up a sheet metal works. Claridge (2000:50) writes that, "Being a Pommy could be hard going. There was another such in my class. He hailed from Newport, Monmouthshire, and his name was Arthur Cousins." Arthur later became a customs officer.
COX, Sir Edward (1866-1932) was born in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. NSW politician and businessman, who made his money in the South African War. Knighted in 1920 he was known as Sir Owen. ADB
CROWE, William (1830-1867) was born in north Wales and arrived in Australia in 1863. His death of consumption about four years later was recorded in the Melbourne Argus. In the 1920s, another north Walian, John Crowe migrated from Wrexham to New Zealand. His grandson is actor Russell Crowe (BBC Wales, November 2008).