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Australasia New South Wales

Australasia benefited from the Scottish population exodus, with most of the immigrants from Scotland's urban centers.
Few of the prisoners sent to Australia were from Scotland. lnstead, it was the more educated and wealthy who could
afford to migrate to Australasia. These Scots came for opportunities: for inexpensive land and later chasing fortune in
the Gold Rush.
This section is organized by province and country .

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Sydney, 10 May, 1858-40 days
6d paid Stirling, Scotland. In Stirling forwarded to Androssan, 1 d hand stamped
due local forwarding. 19 July, Stirling same day 19 July Androssan received.

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To Bathurst, New South Wales, 22 April, 1864-46 days
Paid Y:z oz. letter rate from Wick, Scotland via Marseille. Manuscript, "via
Marseilles, post paid" Paid at 1 Od rate, 4d additional for Marseille routing, no
time saved: 25 April, London transit, 5 June Sydney, 7 June Bathurst receipt.

Wick, Scotland (above) is the farthest northern tip of Scotland, a windswept area with a tiny population diminished by migration.