scottish

When did they come? Immigration to New Zealand 1840–1914

Introduction

Where did they come from?

The composition of the inflow from Britain and Ireland was quite different from the composition of the United Kingdom as a whole. By comparison with the distribution of population in the homelands, there were generally fewer English than might be expected and considerably more from Ireland and especially Scotland.

Country of origin of British and Irish immigrants

The Scots - where from?

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