Event date:
Tuesday 31 October to Wednesday 1 November
Time:
13:00
Location:
G16 in the William Robertson Wing of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
https://edinburghscottishdiaspora.wordpress.com/autumn-2017-programme/
The Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop takes place at 1-2 pm in G16 in the William Robertson Wing of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School).
- 31 October: Meg Foster (University of New South Wales)
Black Douglas: the Bushranger and the Man
The Gold Rushes of the 1850s coincided with an immense surge of immigration to the Australian colonies but the gold fields required new means of keeping order.Meg Foster disentangles the myth and reality behind the story of Black Douglas, the terror of the gold fields. What were his roots?How does myth and reality interact?and what was the effect of his story on the popular imagination?