Marjory Harper, Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen, explores the history of the Scots in Australia.

This talk explores narratives of adventure and exile in Scottish emigration to Australia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, examining the participants’ motives, the different ways they came to Australia, and theconsequences of their relocation.

As well as using documentary sources, the talk draws on Australian examples from interviews with post-Second World War Scottish emigrants and would-be emigrants who returned to Scotland.