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From Alba to Aotearoa : profiling New Zealand's Scots migrants, 1840-1920

From Alba to Aotearoa : profiling New Zealand's Scots migrants, 1840-1920
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From Alba to Aotearoa : profiling New Zealand's Scots migrants, 1840-1920
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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
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Auckland Museum Collections
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"Scots made up nearly 20 per cent of the immigrant population of New Zealand to 1920, yet until the past few years the exact origins of New Zealand's Scots migrants have remained blurred. From Alba to Aotearoa establishes for the first time key characteristics of the Scottish migrants arriving between 1840 and 1920, addressing five core questions: From where in Scotland did they come? Who came? When? In what numbers? and Where did they settle? In addition, this important study addresses, thro...

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Date created
2015
Creator
Rebecca Lenihan
URL
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1139960
Locations
Dunedin, New Zealand
Related subjects
Immigrants--New Zealand--History--19th century / Immigrants--New Zealand--History--20th century / Immigrants--Statistics--New Zealand / Scots--History--19th century--New Zealand / Scots--New Zealand--History

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