Emigration from Scotland between the wars

Harper, Marjory

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“…'The Long Depression' or the 'Black Eighties', as the period from approximately 1880 to 1892 has been labelled by many New Zealand historians, witnessed soaring unemployment and consequently high levels of emigration from New Zealand. 13 As one scholar has observed, 'doom clouds wafted along the migration lines to New Zealand' during this period. 14 Net migration figures for New Zealand indicate an 'exodus' of people from the country between 1888 and 1892.…”

Section: Scottish Emigration: An Overviewmentioning

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“…26 From the Middle Ages Scots were migrating -albeit often temporarily -to parts of Europe, including England and Ireland and further afield, as soldiers, traders, craftsmen and scholars. 27 Writing in 1812, Thomas Thomson noted 'the principal merchants in 23 McClean, 'Scottish Emigrants to New Zealand, 1840-1880' 24 Morris, 'The Assisted Immigrants to New Zealand'; Val Maxwell, 'Otago settlers pre-1861' 25 See discussion below. 26 Marjory Harper, Adventurers and Exiles: The Great Scottish Exodus, London, 2003, p.31;Eric Richards, Britannia's Children: Emigration from England, Scotland, Wales andIreland since 1600, London andNew York, 2004, p.20 27 Malcolm D. Prentis, The Scots in Australia: A Study of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, 1788-1900, Sydney, 1983Michael Fry, The Scottish Empire, Edinburgh, 2001, pp.2-3; Gothenburg [Sweden] are Scotsmen', while studies of Scots in other parts of Europe indicate that Scots were thriving in such employments by the seventeenth century.…”

Section: Scottish Emigration: An Overviewmentioning

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“…Not to do so would be tantamount to claiming that either New Zealand culture was essentially English -a point debated in works about the Irish and Scots in New Zealand -or that the English in New Zealand do not merit academic attention because they were the majority migrant group. 13 Unlike the Welsh New Zealand's Scots have not been completely neglected. G.L.…”

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“…Zealand in 1878, Ireland 22.08 and Scotland 24.19 per cent. 20 New Zealand could thus be viewed as approximately 13.5 per cent more 'Scottish' than the British archipelago itself. Just who were the Scottish immigrants that consistently made up nearly 20 per cent of the immigrant population of New Zealand over this eighty-year period is the question with which this thesis is primarily concerned.…”

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“…While Scots had been emigrating for centuries, New Zealand was a latecomer to the list of potential migrant destinations -more than fifty years later than its closest neighbour, Australia, and two hundred behind the United States and Canada. 25…”

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From Alba to Aotearoa: Profiling New Zealand's Scots Migrants, 1840-1920

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While New Zealand has been described as more Scottish than any other country beyond Scotland, and Scots consistently made up nearly 20 per cent of the immigrant population of New Zealand to 1920, as a group New Zealand's Scots migrants have remained relatively blurred. The distinctive national backgrounds of New Zealand's British migrants have seldom been recognised in general histories or in specialist studies of migration to the country, migrants having tended to be categorised as 'British' and 'Non-British', leading to what Akenson aptly described as the 'lumpingof all white settlers into a spurious unity.' This thesis, conceived as part of a larger research project investigating the experiences and contributions of Scots in New Zealand, seeks to establish key characteristics of the Scottish migrants arriving between 1840 and 1920. Five core questions are addressed: 'from where in Scotland did they come?', 'who came?', 'when?', 'in what numbers?', and 'where did they settle?'. While previous studies have suggested partial answers to some of these questions, the present research offers a more full and detailed profile of New Zealand's Scots migrants than has previously been available. Critically, it takes the earlier findings further. Though the investigation has been based primarily upon statistical analysis ofa genealogically-sourced database of 6,612 migrants, quantitative analysis has beensupplemented by qualitative case studies. Comparison with a second set of data derived from death certificates has enabled a testing of the validity of genealogical data as a source for migration studies. In addition to the five central questions around which the thesis is structured, the study also addresses issues of internal migration within Scotland, emigration to otherdestinations prior to arrival in New Zealand, individual and generational occupationalmobility, chain and cluster migration among Shetland migrants, and return migration.

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Section: Scottish Emigration: An Overviewmentioning

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Section: Scottish Emigration: An Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Chapter One Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Chapter One Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Chapter One Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Patriarchs, Pipers and Presidents: Gaelic Immigrant Funerary Customs and Music in North America

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One of the most moving tributes to the dead is the playing of the Highland bagpipes during funeral services, whether in the church or at the graveside. This custom has a long history both in Scotland and in areas of North America settled by Scottish immigrants over the past 300 years, and for lovers of bagpipe music it is an essential part of the funeral ritual. Throughout its history the piper’s lament has transcended social class structure and has been performed for paupers and presidents alike. Despite being deeply rooted in tradition, the music and function of this musical practice have changed over time. Drawing from printed texts of the 19th and 20th centuries, recent scholarship and local folklore surrounding funeral customs and music, this paper examines the origins of the funeral piping tradition in Gaelic Scotland and its evolution in North American society.

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Emigration from Scotland between the wars

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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

Patriarchs, Pipers and Presidents: Gaelic Immigrant Funerary Customs and Music in North America

Cultures of Display: The Mirror of Imperialism

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