INFORMATION, TALKS, PAPERS & RESEARCH LINKS PAGE

Through here members and our guests may access information, talks, and research findings!

The Association has had a number of people who undertake research, especially Dr John L Symonds whose pages on Byng, Cadia, and Cobar are linked below. Also here you can access a number of papers / talks, as well as useful links. Click on the links below, where you will either be taken to another site, or will download / view an Acrobat Reader pdf file. Let us know if links no longer work!

INFORMATION

Get your CANSW Rules of Association in PDF here: RULES

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM
Download Membership Form
(in pdf) - download and / or print, and post to us.

Get CANSW information flyers here: What do these names have in common?
AND/OR Cornish Recipes of the CANSW?

Get your Sample Newsletter (note - current ones are normally available to members only) in PDF here: View it, send it to your friends / relatives who may be interested in joining the CANSW to show what they will get each 2 months - print them, or email the file! Beware some come as large files.

Other Cornish Associations in Australia & New Zealand - Cowethasow Kernewek yn Ostrali ha Mordyr Nowydh

Cornish Association of Victoria Inc
Cornish Association of South Australia (est. 1890)
Cornish Associations of New Zealand
The Stories Site covers a wide range of Cornish heritage and history in NSW.
Do take a tour via this link: Stories Site - Welcome page

TALKS, RESEARCH & OTHER PAPERS + MORE LINKS ACCESS HERE:

Click on the link in the boxes below to either: pick up a file, or go to a link on the topic:
Papers & Talks:
 On Being a Cornish Celt - A paper by Dr Bernard Deacon, 2003
 The unimportance of being Cornish in Cornwall
- a paper by Dr Bernard Deacon, 2012
'Hill End NSW' Talk 2005 by local historian Brian Hodge
'What is a Pilot Gig?' - A talk by Vivian Prior 1999
'At One With All!' - A paper
by Cllr Bert Biscoe, Truro, 2000
'The Cornish in NSW & Federation' - A talk by
Chris Dunkerley, 2001
'Cornish Language & Names in Family Research' - A short talk!
- by Chris Dunkerley, 2000
'No Looking Back!' - A lecture at the Cornish Constitutional
Convention - by Cllr Bert Biscoe, Chacewater, 2002
'The 2002 Trelawney Lecture'
- 'Finding Cornwall's Place in the World
A lecture by Cllr Bert Biscoe to the London Cornish Assoc, 2002
'The Cornish Are Revolting'
- A talk by Chris Dunkeley - Cornish Day 1997
'Cornwall - Then, Now, And Future' - A talk by Chris Dunkerley,
Newcastle Celtic Festival, 1998
'Celtic Cornwall - Exploring Identity' - A talk by Chris Dunkerley,
Celtic Cultural Experience, Teralba, NSW, 2008
'Some Cornish Experiences in Eastern Australia"
A talk by Chris Dunkerley - 2nd Cornish Cultural Celebration,
Nowra, NSW, 2008
'Governors of NSW with Cornish Connections'
- A talk by Robyn Coates, written by Chris Dunkerley -
Cornish History Seminar, Kadina SA 2023
 Cornish Bards, with an Australian perspective" - Talk to
CANSW March 2023
Video talk (prepared for Cobar Mining Museum 2023)- click link below
'Cornish & Mining in NSW'
'Cornish Minority Report No. Two' - Cornish Minority Report 2
- written in 2011
'The Cornish - A UK national minority'
- A lobbying paper written for Cornwall Council in 2024
CANSW - A Taste of our 50 years - Snapshots & Memories
Byng - A Cornish Settlement Under The Australian Sun - Ed2
A Little Book of Cornish Songs Coyle 2026
Cornish Influence in Tasmania by George Stephens 2008
New Light on 'Bishop' Adlhelm's Letter to King Gerent
of Dumnonia (8th C. AD)
Cornish Association of Victoria - a fine collection of talks
and zoom sessions recorded

NEW LOADINGS ADDED PROGRESSIVELY
More Links:
 Some Cornish & Popular Songs, 1995
Byng and its Chapel - Dr John Symonds Byng Research Site
Cadia and its Enginehouse. Dr John Symonds Cadia Research Site
Cobar - History & Mining Research. John Symonds Cobar Site
 60 Years Book NZ Cornish Association (via Google)
Trove (NLA) & NED - (Search: Cornish NSW)
Francis Boutle Publishers
Cornwall Family History Society site
 Cornwall Heritage Trust
 Cornwall Archeological Society
 Kernow Goth (Fed. of Old Cornwall Societies)
Cornish Surnames researchers
Cornish First Names for Children
Cornish Assoc of Victoria Inc - Archival Collection & Library
- located at Castlemaine Vic.
Cornish Story - an initiative of Cornish Audio Visual Archive (CAVA)
based at Institute of Cornish Studies
Cornish National Music Archive - a place to find Cornish
music of different traditions
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks site - Family History (Cornwall)
Cornwall Family History Society - Family History (Cornwall & UK)
NSWACT Association of Family History Societies - Family History
Porth Emmet - Video (Kernewek) - a bit of fun
Skynt - An Ilowek - Video (Kernewek) - a bit of fun
Cornish Food (incl recipes)
Kernewek - the Celtic Cornish language lives!: A
Basic Cornish Dictionary
A Cornish Anthem - Trelawny -
Sung by Carrl Myriad, and Ragged Band

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