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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786813603321

Autore

Edmond Rod

Titolo

Migrations : journeys in time and place / / Rod Edmond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-927247-77-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

305.800993

Soggetti

Immigrants - New Zealand

Missionaries - New Zealand

Scots - New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; St Fergus; South Blackhill Farm; Rattray Head; Aberdeen; Free Church College; Family History; Ullapool; Searching Ullapool; The Clearances; Emigration; Ambrym I; New Hebrides Missions; The Ambrim Diary; Ambrym II; Port Vila; Saturday 28 November; Sunday 29 November; Monday 30 November; Tuesday 1 December; Wednesday 2 December; Thursday 3 December; Friday 4 December; Saturday 5 December; Sorri Ceremonies; Diaries; Tasmania; McRae's Hills; Winkleigh and Launceston; Port Arthur; New Zealand; Carterton; Feilding; Sydenham; Matawhero; Afterlives; The McLeods; The Murrays

ReturningSources; Introduction; St Fergus; Aberdeen; Ullapool; Ambrym I & Ambrym II; Tasmania; New Zealand; Afterlives; Returning; Index; List of Maps; Family Trees;  Murray Family Tree  ; McLeod Family Tree  ; Editorial Note; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Original Print Edition Cover; Copyright and Publisher Information

Sommario/riassunto

The various paths by which two of the author's great-grandparents came to the southern hemisphere are central to this work. Their experiences of departure, displacement and un/settlement raise questions of identity for the author.