Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlands on the Frontier of Australia by Don Watson

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

After their military defeat in 1745, the Scottish Highlanders suffered a worse humiliation. They were displaced from their ancestral lands and became curiosities: objects of romantic nostalgia, charity, scorn, anthropology - and emigration. This is a tale of their dispossession.

It also tells the story of another people, the Kurnai People of Gippsland in southeastern Australia. Emigrant Highlanders like the explorer Angus McMillan were prominent among those who did the routing. Don Watson writes about the frontier on which those two cultures met. It is a story full of tragic ironies and myths that linger today.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.