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PATAGONIA TIMELINE

1860's: Michael Jones and the 'Wladfa'

1870's: Gaiman Established

1880's: From Chapels to Railways

1890's: Heavy Flooding

1900's: More Flooding

1910's: The 'Golden Age'

1920's: The Depression

1930's: A Language Oppressed

1940's: The Chubut Suffers

1950's: A Dam for the 'Wladfa'?

1960's: Centenary Year

1970's: The Chubut Music School

1980's: The Falklands

1990's: Funding Welsh Teachers





1920: The effects of an economic depression are felt strongly in the Chubut Valley. A time of unrest, the Argentine government puts increasing pressure on the settlers to conform both culturally and linguistically - the process of losing the Welsh language begins to accelerate because of factors such as mixed marriages.