Newspaper cutting of Hugh MacLean of Salum and his family in 1965.
Hugh MacLean of Salum and his family at Oban Station on their way to emigrate to Australia in 1965.
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2005.31.2
Newsletter of Tiree Parish Church for 1965.
Letter from the minister Rev. W. J. MacLeod mentioning Hugh MacLean, Salum and his family leaving for Australia, and including the Kirk Session financial statement for the 1964.
2004.209.1
Black and white photograph of Hugh MacLean and family in Oban in 1965.
Hugh MacLean of Salum, his wife May MacArthur of Tullymet and their four boys, (L-R) Hugh Charles, Peter, Duncan and Donald, outside Oban train station on 22nd February 1965 on their departure for Australia.
2004.167.3
Paperback book `The Long Farewell` by Don Charlwood.
Nineteenth century emigration to Australia.
2000.30.9
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 8, 1990.
Articles about seers, emigration ship `Brilliant`, fishing competitions, poetess and pauper Janet MacLean, the school, the church, model aeroplanes, ducks, views on Coll and the Community Council among others.
2000.30.12
Periodical `The Coll Magazine`, No. 13, 1995.
Articles about Skerryvore lighthouse, WWII, pigeons, RSPB, emigration and the `Brilliant`, a school trip, holiday-makers, fishing competitions, the Coll show, Project Trust and bees among others.
2004.84.1
Colour photograph of Dick and Margaret Padbury in Western Australia in March 2004.
Dick and Margaret Padbury at their merino stud farm at Kojonup, Western Australia in March 2004. Margaret is the grand-daughter of Donald MacKinnon of Balevullin who emigrated to New Zealand in 1888 then settled in Australia.
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Margaret Padbury with her grandfather’s travelling desk
Photograph of Margaret Padbury of Kojonup, Western Australia with her grand-father’s travelling desk.
Courtesy of Mrs Margaret Padbury
Donald MacKinnon, a miller in Balevullin, was one of twelve men arrested in 1886 after a period of land agitation on the island. Four of the ringleaders, including Donald and the Land League Chairman, were released without charge.
However, Donald’s prospects on the island were blighted and he decided to emigrate. He was presented with a travelling desk with an inscription which read: ‘Presented to Donald MacKinnon Balevullin by friends of Tiree on his leaving for New Zealand in recognition of his services in advocating their rights to the people and as a token of their respect and regards 16th March 1888.’
Donald eventually settled in Western Australia where he worked on the railway and raised a family. His grand-daughter, Margaret Padbury of Kojonup, described him as ‘a man of the highest principles, who lived by the word of God and brought up his family the same way.’
Colour photograph of Margaret Padbury in Western Australia in March 2004.
Margaret Padbury of Kojonup, Western Australia with the desk presented to her grandfather Donald MacKinnon of Balevullin who was involved in the Greenhill ‘riot’ of 1886. The inscription reads: Presented to Donald MacKinnon Balevullin by friends of Tiree on his leaving for New Zealand in recognition of his services in advocating their rights to the people and as a token of their respect and regards 16th March 1888.
2004.84.3
Colour photograph of the travelling desk presented to Donald MacKinnon of Balevullin by the people of Tiree in 1888.
Donald MacKinnon, a miller in Balevullin, was one of twelve men arrested in 1886 after a period of land agitation on the island. He was released and decided to emigrate to New Zealand in 1888. Before leaving he was presented with a travelling desk with an inscription which read: ‘Presented to Donald MacKinnon Balevullin by friends of Tiree on his leaving for New Zealand in recognition of his services in advocating their rights to the people and as a token of their respect and regards 16th March 1888.’ Donald eventually settled in Western Australia where he worked on the railway and raised a family.
2004.32.1
Newsletter `An Tirisdeach`, No. 316, 3/4/2004.
Local news and events including the fire at Milton harbour and the Milton Fishermen`s Fund, the `Generations` CD from Australia, the whale jawbones missing from Coll, CalMac summer timetable, prize-winning baby Michael MacDonald from Crossapol, the Tank Farm Development and news from the RSPB, the Feis, An Talla committee and the Youth Club.