Story: Scots

Shetland Islanders on Campbell Island, about 1904

Shetland Islanders on Campbell Island, about 1904

For many years, in both the 19th and 20th centuries, New Zealand was a favoured destination of people emigrating from Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands. A misguided belief that they would find bleak Campbell Island similar to their homeland led to the employment of Shetlanders by a leaseholder who hoped sheep farming on the island would succeed. It didn’t.

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John Wilson, 'Scots - The late 1800s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/177/shetland-islanders-on-campbell-island-about-1904 (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by John Wilson, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015