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English settlement in Argentina
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English settlement in Argentina, the arrival of English emigrants in Argentina, took place in the period after Argentina's independence from Spain through the 19th century. Unlike many other waves of immigration to Argentina, English immigrants were not usually leaving England because of poverty or persecution, but went to Argentina as industrialists and major landowners. Argentina in the Victorian age was part of the United Kingdoms informal empire, the British Empire. Famous Argentines such as Lucas Bridges, Maria Elena Walsh, and Jorge Luis Borges are of English descent.
Gardened chalets built by railway executives near railway stations in suburbs such as Banfield, Munro, Ranelagh and Hurlingham gave a pointed English atmosphere to local areas in Buenos Aires, especially in winter when shrouded in grey mists and fallen oak leaves over cobblestones. Also suburban train stations and Victorian terminals like Estacion Retiro in Retiro, Buenos Aires and Estacion Constitucion, as well as the numerous countryside stations in the Pampas.
Related websites
Anglo-Argentine Society website
Buenos Aires Herald, English language newspaper
Immigration to Argentina-Report-Yale
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