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Got a story of a Scots
ancestor? Then do send it in for inclusion on these pages to Alastair McIntyre
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Biographies of Scots in New Zealand
Around 500 biographies of Scots and Scots
descendant in New Zealand.
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- 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."
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Dunedin
Dunedin proudly claims to be the
the most Scottish city in New Zealand. It's very name is Gaelic for
Edinburgh.
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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
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Henry
Wight PURDIE. 1843-1927
Son of the Purdie's mentioned in Memorandum.
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Thomas
Dick
Was elected unopposed to a seat in the Provincial Council for
Dunedin City.
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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.
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Scots "Down Under"
An account of the Scots in New Zealand.
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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.
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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
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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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