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Biography of Joseph Jenkins (1818 98) who left his family and successful farm in Wales to travel Australia as a farm labourer. His self-improvement through reading led to prizes for his poetry, and his diary is one of the most celebrated sources of information about life in rural Australia then. -- Books Council of Wales

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Bethan Phillips was born in 1934 in Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, and died in 2019, aged 84. Educated at Aberystwyth University, she was a teacher, lecturer and scriptwriter for the 1980s TV docudrama series Almanac, as well as writing articles and reviews for the Western Mail, Y Faner, Country Quest and the periodical Planet. She was also the author of books on local history in both English and Welsh, including The Lovers' Graves: 6 true tales that shocked Wales and Peterwell: The history of a mansion and its infamous squire. Her Welsh-language original version of this book, Rhwng Dau Fyd, was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year awards, and she was involved in making a film about Joseph Jenkins for the BBC: The Swagman from Wales.

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