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Comings and goings

One thing that Wales has experienced throughout its history is large-scale movement of people.

Welsh flag
Comings
Wales is, and always has been, a land and a people in motion.
Native American
Goings
How people travelled from Wales to settle elsewhere.
Railroad
North America
Howell Powell was one of the first Welsh settlers in America in 1642.
In the bush
Australia
The first Welsh emigrants were convicts.
Unloading the ship
Patagonia
Immigrants were under immense pressure to learn the English language.
Mountain range
India
Thomas Jones exerted an influence over an ancient Indian tribe, the Khasi.
Bay people
Bay People
The history of Cardiff's Tiger Bay.
Unknown man c. 1916
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Celebrating black history and the contributions of black people worldwide.


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