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The experience of immigration to Australia from Scotland is
outlined here, from daily life and occupation, to interactions with
the indigenous inhabitants. Despite their significant presence,
Scots have often been invisible in histories of Australian
migration. This book illuminates the many experiences of the Scots
in Australia, from the first colonists in the late-eighteenth
century until the hopeful arrivals of the interwar years. It
explores how and why they migrated to Australia, and their lives as
convicts, colonists, farmers, families, workers, and weavers of
culture and identity. It also investigatestheir encounters with the
Australian continent, whether in its cities or on the land, and
their relationship with its first peoples; and their connections to
one another and with their own collective identities, looking at
diversity and tension within the Scottish diaspora in Australia. It
is also a book about the challenges of finding a place for oneself
in a new land, and the difficulties of creating a sense of
belonging in a settler colonial society. Dr Benjamin Wilkie is a
Lecturer in Australian Studies and Early Career Development Fellow
at Deakin University, Australia.
People have been visiting and living in the Victorian Grampians,
also known as Gariwerd, for thousands of generations. They have
both witnessed and caused vast environmental transformations in and
around the ranges. Gariwerd: A History of the Grampians explores
the geological and ecological significance of the mountains and
combines research from across disciplines to tell the story of how
humans and the environment have interacted, and how the ways people
have thought about the environments of the ranges have changed
through time.In this new account, historian Benjamin Wilkie
examines how Djab wurrung and Jardwadjali people and their
ancestors lived in and around the mountains, how they managed the
land and natural resources, and what kinds of archaeological
evidence they have left behind over the past 20 000 years. He
explores the history of European colonisation in the area from the
middle of the 19th century and considers the effects of this on
both the first people of Gariwerd and the environments of the
ranges and their surrounding plains in western Victoria. The book
covers the rise of science, industry and tourism in the mountains,
and traces the eventual declaration of the Grampians National Park
in 1984. Finally, it examines more recent debates about the past,
present and future of the park, including over its significant
Indigenous history and heritage.
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