Kapunda 1856 The Cornish Miners

Gavin O''Loghlen & Cotters Bequest. A video from the album Land of the vast horizon featuring bagpipes in assorted shapes and sizes, whistles and rock band. Music and words written by Gavin O''Loghlen. Gavin O''Loghlen : Acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars, electric guitars, drums, bass, bodhran, percussion, keyboards, vocoders, programming, smallpipes C and D, whistles D, vocals Angelee Theodoros : Lead vocals Anne Dormer : Vocals Jack Brennan : Uilleann pipes D Copper was discovered first at Kapunda and it kept South Australia from bankruptcy. Skilled Cornish miners were needed to extract the copper from the narrow tunnels and shafts that were dug. The Cornish accounted for the greatest number of immigrants to South Australia during this period. Their descendants are now found throughout the mid north of South Australia.