On the Mid North Coast of NSW there is a scattering of houses called Rossglen just to the west of the Pacific Highway as it crosses the Camden Haven River. Working as I do in Taree, but staying several nights a week 80km north in … Continue reading Rossglen
The following is the second in a series of three articles about two Scottish families who migrated to Australia in the 1850s and who settled eventually on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Arriving in NSW The Edward Oliver, carrying the Anderson family, sailed into … Continue reading Southern heaven
The following is the first of a series of three articles. At the end of 1856 a family of seven named Anderson from Stirling, Scotland, arrived in Sydney in the colony of NSW, after a 3 month voyage around the world. Eight months later two … Continue reading Two Scottish families emigrate
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