The Scots in Sydney

Malcolm Prentis

doi:10.5130/sj.v1i2.778

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/sj.v1i2.778

Keywords:

Scots, Scotland, immigration, emigration, local history, Australian history

Malcolm Prentis

Abstract

Although it is sometimes said of nineteenth century Sydney that it was an English city in contrast with the more Scottish city of Melbourne, people of Scottish origin have played important roles in the development and life of Sydney. They have been there from the very beginning: young Forby Sutherland, one of Captain Cook’s crew in 1770, was the first Briton to be buried in Australia, in a district now bearing his name. Major Robert Ross of the Marines and Captain John Hunter were among several Scots on the first fleet in 1788. Scots formed a small minority of convicts transported (perhaps 5 per cent) and were among the earliest free settlers in the 1790s.

Issue

Vol 1 No 2 (2008)

Section

Sydney's People

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Malcolm Prentis

Associate Professor School of Arts and Sciences Australian Catholic University

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