Scots have been 'invisible' ethnics but happen to be Australia's third
largest immigrant group. 'The Scots in Australia' is a long overdue and
comprehensive history of Scottish immigrants - including convicts and free
settlers - and their descendants in Australia from 1788 to the present.
Combining anecdote, biography and history, Malcolm Prentis re-evaluates
commonly held assumptions and myths from both ends of the migration process. We
hear from governors, explorers, graziers and farmers, manufacturers and
accountants, teachers, scientists and doctors, lawyers, missionaries and clergy,
social workers, politicians, poets , painters, police, pop stars, sportsmen and
women, soldiers and spies.
Malcolm Prentis shows that the Scots have had an influence in Australian
disproportionate to their numbers. 'The Scots in Australia' powerfully
demonstrates the countless ways in which they Scots and their descendants have
shaped and been shaped by Australia.
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Homeland and Farewell
3. Doing Time
4. Arriving
5. Settling the Land
6. Doing Business
7. Political Life
8. Defending the Country
9. Educating and Healing
10. Kirk and People
11. Celebrating Caledonian Culture
12. Influencing Australian Culture
13. Popular Culture
14. Playing Sport
15. The Assimilated Legacy
Notes
Index
