This book is the result of nearly eight years of research and writing on Scottish migrants in Australia, is thematically broad, and covers the convict period up until the outbreak of the Second World War.’ The book is a substantial reworking and expansion of Wilkie’s October 2013 PhD thesis at Monash University ‘Weaving the Tartan: Culture, Imperialism and Scottish Identities in Australia, 1788–1938’; he is currently a Lecturer in Australian Studies and Early Career Development Fellow at Deakin University, Australia and has published already a considerable amount of material on the subject of Scots in Australia.
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