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| Don speaks the truth... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:45 am |
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1853–1870: a surge of Scots
Gorse hedge at the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
More Scottish than the United Kingdom
From 1853 to 1870 Scots came in sufficient numbers to keep New Zealand
more Scottish than the United Kingdom – in those years they made up
more than 30% of New Zealand’s UK-born immigrants, even though they
formed only 10% of the United Kingdom’s population. |
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