Scots Under the Southern Cross Scottish Impressions of Colonial Australia

Fred Cahir, Katherine Kovacic, Anne Beggs-Sunter, Alison Inglis, Malcolm David Prentis, Jon Addison, Nicola Cousen, Ian D. Clark, Jason Gibson, Lizanne Henderson, Bronwyn Eleanor Hughes, Chris McConville, Alex Millmow, Sandi Mitchell, Benjamin Wilkie, Douglas Wilkie — 2015

Scots Under the Southern Cross is a collection of essays from speakers at the Scottish Symposium held in Ballarat 9-11 May 2014. The chapters reflect the many styles, themes and formats embracing the Scottish Diaspora in Australia. This publication complements the Art Gallery of Ballarat Exhibition For Auld Lang Syne: Images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation. The five interrelated sections of Scots Under the Southern Cross are: 'Retrospect', 'The Scots in Aboriginal Australia', 'Biographical Studies of Scottish Australians', 'Scottish Artists on Australia' and 'Commemorating Scotland in Australia'. Essays tell the stories of Scottish immigrants and their successful establishment of economic and cultural networks in Australia. These chapters hopefully will form a basis for expansion into research of the Scottish diaspora and the way the Scots and their descendants have contributed to and adapted to Australian conditions.