Author(s): Fred Cahir (Editor, Contribution by); Bronwyn Eleanor Hughes (Contribution by); Katherine Kovacic (Contribution by); Chris McConville (Contribution by); Alex Millmow (Contribution by); Sandi Mitchell (Contribution by); Benjamin Wilkie (Contribution by); Douglas Wilkie (Contribution by); Anne Beggs Sunter (Contribution by, Editor); Alison Inglis (Editor, Contribution by); Malcolm David Prentis (Contribution by); Jon Addison (Contribution by); Nicola Cousen (Contribution by); Ian D. Clark (Contribution by); Jason Gibson (Contribution by); Lizanne Henderson (Contribution by)

Australia

Scots Under the Southern Cross is a collection of essays from speakers at the Scottish Symposium held in Ballarat 9-11 May 2014. The chapters reflect the many styles, themes and formats embracing the Scottish Diaspora in Australia. This publication complements the Art Gallery of Ballarat Exhibition For Auld Lang Syne: Images of Scottish Australia from First Fleet to Federation. The five interrelated sections of Scots Under the Southern Cross are: 'Retrospect', 'The Scots in Aboriginal Australia', 'Biographical Studies of Scottish Australians', 'Scottish Artists on Australia' and 'Commemorating Scotland in Australia'. Essays tell the stories of Scottish immigrants and their successful establishment of economic and cultural networks in Australia. These chapters hopefully will form a basis for expansion into research of the Scottish diaspora and the way the Scots and their descendants have contributed to and adapted to Australian conditions.