Kōrero: Scots

A Shetland woman knitting

A Shetland woman knitting

Scots emigrated to New Zealand to better their lives. Most Shetlanders came to escape such aspects of poverty and hardship as having to carry peat on their backs. This woman is knitting as she walks. The skill of knitting was a major Scottish contribution to New Zealand’s popular culture.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Robert Stout Collection (PAColl 5367)
Reference: PAColl-5367-2-02
Photograph by George Washington Wilson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

John Wilson, 'Scots - The late 1800s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/180/a-shetland-woman-knitting (accessed 28 March 2024)

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015