New Zealand
Scottish Historical Connections

Got a story of a Scots ancestor?  Then do send it in for inclusion on these pages to Alastair McIntyre

Thomas Devine: The Lowland Clearances and the Scottish Exodus to New Zealand (1 hour)

• Biographies of Scots in New Zealand
  Around 500 biographies of Scots and Scots descendant in New Zealand.
• Thistles And Ferns
  The Memoirs of Bob Walker of Waipukurau, New Zealand.
• Andrew Buchanan of Chingford 1807-1877
  By Andrew Buchanan and Neal Harkness Buchanan
• History, Ancestors and Children of James and Agnes Archibald (1789-1875)
  Collier (coalmining) family of Scotland with descendants in USA, New Zealand, Australia and around the world. History includes sources and appendix.
• A Brief Illustrated Biography of William Sutherland
  (1838, Caithness, Scotland - 1895, Onehunga, New Zealand)
• Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park
  "If any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I do not believe it is realized how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgement and his skill, did to save, not only this country, but the world." 
• Dunedin
  Dunedin proudly claims to be the the most Scottish city in New Zealand. It's very name is Gaelic for Edinburgh.
• Memorandum
  The abridged version of the 'Memorandum' of Elizabeth Millar PURDIE, wife of the Ship's Surgeon, of the voyage of the MOOLTAN from Greenock, Scotland to Port Chalmers, Otago. 1849.
• The Foundation of Waipu
  The story of the settlers who formed the Waipu community.
• The Highlanders of Waipu
  by Gordon MacDonald 1928
• Henry Wight PURDIE. 1843-1927
  Son of the Purdie's mentioned in Memorandum.
• Thomas Dick
  Was elected unopposed to a seat in the Provincial Council for Dunedin City.
• Jim Chalmers
  Former Aberdeen professional - who later became known as the father of secondary school soccer in Christchurch.
• Joseph and Jessie Herbert
  An account of the Herberts leaving Scotland for New Zealand and what they did when they got there.
• Scots "Down Under"
  An account of the Scots in New Zealand.
• Cullen's of New Zealand
  An account of 2 brothers from Scotland.
• The Journal of George Hepburn
  On his voyage from Scotland to Otago in 1850 with extracts from his letters written from Otago.
• Abercrombies
  Descendant Brain Teaser, New Zealand
• Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago
  Compiler and Editor John Wilson (1912)
• Some research facilities
  Some web sites that may be useful for doing historical research.
• Te Papa's NZ Scots exhibition
  Around fifty per cent of New Zealanders can claim some Scottish ancestry so Te Papa is expecting lots of visitors to their latest exhibition.
• Scottish Influence of my Scottish forebears in NZ
  By Anne Stewart Ball
• Burns Plaque
  "Riccarton House", Deans Bush, Christchurch New Zealand  on the 25th of January 2009 for the  unveiling and dedication of a  plaque, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and in memory of early Scottish pioneers who settled in our province "Canterbury".
• Paeroa Highland Games and Tattoo
  An article and pictures of this event in 2009
• Carnegie Free Library Thames NZ
  Article by Anne Stewart Ball
• Robert Reyburn
  In the forefront of the development of the hamlet of Whangarei into a thriving town in the latter part of the 19th Century

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