Black and white photograph of John MacEachern and Flora MacKinnon.
John MacEachern (1801-1855), a blacksmith in Balephuil, and his wife Flora MacKinnon (1811-1897) emigrated to Australia in 1837 on board the Brilliant.
2002.135.7
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2002.135.1
Photocopied transcriptions of information about the emigration ship `Brilliant`.
Article titled `Why leave Scotland` giving the reasons for emigration to the colonies; letter to the captain of the SS `Brilliant` from a representative of the passengers dated 1838; letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald from a passenger on the `Brilliant` dated 1838; extract from the Inverness Courier Index 1837 listing the places of origin of the emigrants on the `Brilliant`.
2002.135.2
Copy of family history of John and Flora MacEachern of Cornaigbeg.
Family history of John MacEachern (1801-1855) from Cornaigbeg and his wife Flora MacKinnon (1811-1897) who emigrated with their children to Australia on the `Brilliant` in 1837.
2002.99.1
Audio cassette recording of Donald MacDonald of Heanish and Australia interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Scarinish on 19/6/2002.
Donald MacDonald of Heanish and Australia talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2002 about leaving Tiree at the age of 16 to join the Merchant Navy, his early memories of Tiree looking for birds’ eggs, fishing and collecting whelks; Donald and his sisters Janet and Isabel talk about the RAF on Tiree, teachers at Scarinish School, the shops, changes in farming and the village of Heanish over the years.
1997.96.1
Newspaper cutting about Mr and Mrs Hugh MacLean of Salum.
Photograph of Mr and Mrs Hugh MacLean of Salum with their four sons before emigrating to Australia.
1997.8.1
Photocopy of precognition and indictment of Hector MacDonald of Kirkapol/Earnal for the murder of his wife, Jane Seaton.
Description of the murder of Jane Seaton by her husband, Hector MacDonald in February 1857, the evidence against him and a list of witnesses and their testimony. MacDonald was convicted and given a life sentence at Inveraray Court of Justiciary in April 1857. He was then held in Inveraray Jail until his transportation with 282 other convicts to Western Australia in August 1858. Their ship, Edwin Fox, arrived in November of the same year.
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