Post by Owen on Aug 19, 2020 19:25:59 GMT
1 ~~~ The abandoned Welsh town in the middle of Australia ~ BBC ~~~
Abandoned decades ago, the tiny Welsh mining town of Llanelly can be found in a surprising location - in the middle of Australia.
Over 10,545 miles from the town in Wales that it was named after, Llanelly was once at the heart of Australia's Victoria Goldfields, which had one of the greatest gold outputs in the world. But how did it come to be so very far from home?
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08nwwh4/the-abandoned-welsh-town-in-the-middle-of-australia ~ 17 August 2020 ~
Abandoned decades ago, the tiny Welsh mining town of Llanelly can be found in a surprising location - in the middle of Australia.
Over 10,545 miles from the town in Wales that it was named after, Llanelly was once at the heart of Australia's Victoria Goldfields, which had one of the greatest gold outputs in the world. But how did it come to be so very far from home?
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08nwwh4/the-abandoned-welsh-town-in-the-middle-of-australia ~ 17 August 2020 ~