AUS

• 1830s - scots, such as Alexander Imlay from Aberdeen, heavily involved in the development of the whaling industry
• 1850 - 42 parish schools in NSW
• by 1870 - many parish schools became part of the state education system
• Alexander Morrison - head of Melbourne academy, changed curriculum to be more in line with his old school back in scotland
• George Russel (from Fife) in 1893: managed 8000 head of sheep and almost 300 cattle in modern day Tasmania
• John Macarthur, a Scot, introduced the merino sheep to Aus
• Neil Black and Company: formed by three wealthy Scots, developed 44,000 acres of land for sheep runs
• Samuel McWilliam is famous in the wine industry. He planted the first wines in NSW, 1877. The firm did well and they expanded, developing vineyards in six regions in three states.
• Robert McCracken from Ayrshire, developed brewing in Melbourne.
• Robert Campbell from Greenock played an important role in developing Australian trade, he became known as ‘The father of Australian Commerce’
• 1874 - 1906: head of Queensland teacher training and head of its most important school was Scottish man, James Semple Kerr, born in Ayrshire.
• Two of Australia’s national songs, ‘Waltzing Mathilda’ and ‘Advance Australia Fair’ were written by Scots in the late 19th century.
• Scots involvement in the poetry of Australia can be seen in a collection of poetry produced in 1909.

  Over 25% of the poets were born in Scotland or had some Scottish parents
• ‘Hornet Bank’ massacre if 1857 shows how conflict arose as farming land began to eat into traditional Aboriginal land

  The local aboriginal people found their traditional way of life was severely disrupted by the farming. They attacked the Fraser family in 1857, killing 8 of them and 3 other white Europeans.

  William Fraser, who has been away at the time of the attack killed at least 100 people in retaliation.
• Francis Armstrong learned the language of the local Aboriginal people he met
• Some Scottish men married Aboriginal women – in NSW surnames like Cameron and Campbell still exist in the aborigine communities.