Event date:
Tuesday 4 April to Wednesday 5 April
Time:
13:00
Location:
G16, William Robertson Wing
4 April:
1pm, G16, William Robertson Wing, School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Doorway 4 of the Old Medical School).
Grant Collie (Massey University, New Zealand): Emigrant Scottish Miners in the NZ Tunnelling Company: 1915-1919.
Grant Collie tells the story of 62 Scottish members of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company who emigrated to New Zealand in 1880-1914. Previously many had worked as miners in the Central Belt of Scotland. But who were they? And what were the reasons for their emigration?
[Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop]