tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post925892677379841625..comments2024-03-29T10:53:28.617+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond gets greedy, and has a meal of nattering "Ned", followed by an Oreo snack ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-71373743598904596652018-06-20T19:01:50.732+10:002018-06-20T19:01:50.732+10:00You are much closer to SA's ethnic origins tha...You are much closer to SA's ethnic origins than Orio. Scots-Irish was never a big feature, despite one of the legendary Premiers Tom Playford having Scottish ancestry, and another, Charles Kingston, of Irish descent. It was, as you correctly pointed out, of purely English origins in its first stages, trying unsuccessfully to implement Wakefield's ambitious plan for a class-structured society.<br /><br /><br />You mentioned the German Lutheran migration, and this was most important given that they were very hardworking and skilled farmers, who also turned their hands to winemaking, notably in the Barossa Valley but in various parts of the state.<br /><br /><br />But I'm surprised you overlooked the Cornish migrations, which went ahead in droves after the discovery of copper. Most had a tin mining background which they easily adapted to copper. The northern York Peninsula area of Moonta-Wallaroo-Kadina became known as "Australia's Little Cornwall".<br /> <br />With them came the skill in making pasties, which are quite distinct from elsewhere in Australia, apart from Launceston, which also had a Cornish influx. The 3rd great Premier of SA, Don Dunstan was of Cornish descent.<br /><br /><br />They have disbursed and integrated into the community so that it is harder to measure their ethnic percentage today. But an interesting indication is given in old census data. Before WWII, on census figures of Religion, the percentage of Methodists then was 36, quite disproportionate to the other states and greatly exceeding Catholics, which they would almost certainly not today. A large part of that can be put down to the Cornish migrants, albeit many West Country English were also Wesleyans.<br /><br />It's probably to that we owe our incongruous mix of snobbish class structure and egalitarian opportunity. Well that's my story on it anyway!Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83138357367880286532018-06-20T16:40:09.813+10:002018-06-20T16:40:09.813+10:00Neddles: "...whether Malcolm Turnbull's ...Neddles: "...<i>whether Malcolm Turnbull's 2016 double dissolution, as opposed to a normal Reps and half-Senate election was really the best option</i>"<br /><br />It maybe wasn't the best option ? The insuperably wise and wonderful Malfeasance might have got it wrong ? Hucoodanode.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.com