Story: Scott, Joseph

'A champion long-distance ped'

'A champion long-distance ped'

This portrait accompanied an article in the Australian Town and Country Journal on Saturday 21 July 1888. The story opened, 'In presenting a portrait of Joseph Scott we are giving the undoubted best long-distance walker who ever contested in Australia, if not in the world.'

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How to cite this page:

Jane Thomson. 'Scott, Joseph', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated January, 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s8/scott-joseph (accessed 29 March 2024)