June/July, 2020
SCOTS NEWS
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SCOTTISH INVENTORS of anaesthesia and fingerprinting
Volume 9 Number 7
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC in Scotland 200 years ago
ROBERT BRUCE Battles were a family affair
WEAR YOUR TARTAN ON JULY 1 to celebrate freedom!
FRONT COVER PHOTO
FROM THE EDITOR
WITH so much devastation all over the world, this photo gives us all a moment to pause and admire nature. The photographer is Bobby Guthrie, originally from New Cumnock in Ayshire and now living not too far away in Barrhead. Bobby captures some beautiful images on his regular walks around his local area. “I was just lucky to be there at the right time to spot the baby squirrels. They are grey squirrels and not popular with everyone. We have adults visit the garden regularly. I don’t think there was ever a strong red squirrel population in this part of the country, during my lifetime for sure. I’m getting plenty of walking in during ‘lockdown’ but missing my regular trips to New Cumnock which is 40 miles to the south. On my nice wee woodland stroll where I captured the image of the squirrels, there was a good view of the sun shining on Barrhead’s iron-age fort, The Craigie.” The eastern grey squirrel is a North American species that was first brought to Britain in the late 1800s. The red squirrel is native to Scotland.
WHERE just a few weeks ago, meetings and band practices were being held via zoom, limited faceto-face meetings can now take place and by the time you read the magazine, (hopefully) even more people will be able to get together safely. In June and July we would have been out in force celebrating Tartan Day and the Clydesdale Spectacular at Boonah, and many other Scottish events throughout Australia. With the restrictions in place to keep us safe in this pandemic, we have not only been denied the joy that comes from Gatherings of the Clans, but the operators of these events, pipe bands, dance and music organisations have suffered financially. Read on pages 3 and 4 about how some in our Scottish community have been coping in these unprecedented times. We can, of course, remember in our own way the Repeal of the Proscription Act on July 1. We may have limited freedoms to protect our health, but nothing can stop us from wearing the tartan, a right that was denied to Scottish men, women and children for 35 years (see page 9). Go to work (if you are able), pop down the shops, pick up the kids from school, or take out the bins in your kilt or a tartan scarf, and play your Scottish music Carmel out loud. Most importantly, stay well.
PUBLISHING AND CONTACTS SCOTS NEWS
magazine
is an independent publication for Scots in Queensland. The magazine is published bi-monthly and distributed on the first of the month. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Carmel McMurdo Audsley COPYRIGHT: All stories appearing in the magazine are written by the editor unless otherwise stated and are subject to copyright laws. Stories may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the editor. COMPETITIONS: See page 8 for competition prizes and entry details.
CONTENTS Organisations Adapt To Change Scots Will Return To The Bush Cholera Epidemic of 1832 Scottish Business Network Scottish Heather Honey Annversary - Battle of Bannockburn Prize Give-Away - Books To Win Anniversary - Proclamation Repeal Famous Scots Directory of Goods and Services Calendar of Events
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CONTACT: We welcome emails and would love to hear your news and views. Advertising enquiries are also welcome. EMAIL: scotsnews@iinet.net.au DEADLINE FOR AUGUST/SEPTEMBER ISSUE: July 10. 2
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NEWS
Scottish organisations adapt to a changing environment
city of ipswich pipe band takes classes online
no meetings or mateship in isolation
KEEPING STUDENTS ENGAGED
WHEN we were able to have 10 people in the hall at a time, we still had a few hall hirers. We now have none until we resume, so that's basically 100 per cent of our income gone. Luckily, it seems that our hall might be able to re-open soon which will be a great relief. With our hall closed we have moved our band practices to online. After experimenting with a few options we settled with Zoom as the best one that could handle the sounds of bagpipes, practice chanters and drums. It also has great functionality with breakout rooms and whiteboards, which means that we all start in the same place and then break off into our little corps groups. We have been working hard, particularly with our kids, to keep things as normal as possible. That means keeping it light and social, including a wee drink at the end of practices. Some of our kids entered the World Online Piping & Drumming Championships (for worldwide results, visit https:// bagpipelessons.com/ competition/) which has been a great thing to keep them practising hard. The Gathering will return in 2021. Keep up to date with posts on https://www.facebook.com/ TheGatheringIpswich. Nick Tomkins City of Ipswich Pipe Band
I KEEP in contact with members to see if all is OK as we don't have any meetings for the rest of this year. With all the events cancelled, life has changed greatly. I always look forward to attending as many Scottish gatherings as I can, to meet up with the many people I have met over the past decades to hear their stories and what’s happening within their Clans. I also miss the Celtic Council of Queensland, The Manx Society, The Welsh and The Irish plus the Government Multicultural Society which covers all countries and its wide variety of cultural festival which I am invited to attend to represent Scotland. Glen Innes Standing Stones and the Scottish Gathering at Boomdooma (Scots in the Bush) are events greatly missed, including our own International Tartan Day which was to be held in June but is now scheduled for Saturday July 24, 2021. I feel for the many people who are out of work, who are doing it hard and still do not know if there will be a job for them when businesses start slowly getting back to where they were before. Life as we knew it has changed, and it will take a long time to recover. Ian Campbell, President Australian Scottish Community Qld.Inc.
BRISBANE BOYS’ COLLEGE PIPE BAND has adapted to the changing environment, by conducting all individual lessons online via Microsoft Teams, with the same platform for our Learner Classes and our band practices. It is very hard to call them band practices, as we are running small group sessions for our pipers and for our drummers in their development levels, for example, Number 1 Band Pipe Corps Group A session, Number 1 Band Pipe Corps Group B session. We are keeping students engaged in their piping and drumming while they are self-isolating. Our pipers and drummers have been playing at their homes each Friday evening at 6pm to say thank you to brave Key Workers, plus our boys also played at their homes for Anzac Day. As schools slowly return to normal operations, we are hoping we can resume with a modified face-to-face program initially. As for our Highland Gathering on Saturday September 19 and our Sounds of Scotland Concert on Saturday October 10, we will be directed by the Qld Government and our College Executive as to how and if these will take place. Visit facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/ BBCPIPEBAND. Stevie Stanley Director of Pipe Band, Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band
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NEWS COMMEMORATION FOR 1770 SCOTTISH SAILOR ON HOLD
CLAN Sutherland Society of Australia (CSSA) had to cancel the commemoration of the 250 th anniversary of the arrival of James Cook’s ship Endeavour into Botany Bay on April 29, 1770. Among the ship’s crew was Able Seaman Forby Sutherland, an Orkadian farm boy turned sailor. Sadly, Forby contracted tuberculosis on the voyage, and died while the ship was at anchor in Botany Bay. Cook ordered that he be buried ashore, naming a nearby prominence Point Sutherland in Forby’s honour. The burial was witnessed by local Aboriginal people who were later able to identify the grave site based on their oral history. Sutherland Shire eventually took its name from Forby Sutherland. Duncan Sutherland said CSSA had planned a series of events to remember Forby Sutherland, including a wreath laying ceremony, a ceilidh and a Kirkin’ of the Tartans, all of which have been cancelled. “We hope to resurrect these events at some time in the future when better times arrive. Meanwhile, Forby is not going anywhere!”
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SCOTS WILL RETURN TO THE BUSH IN 2021 BUNDANOON Highland Gathering Inc (Brigadoon) in New South Wales is gearing up for a big event in 2021 and is looking for new members to join the committee. Expressions of interest would be welcomed for a variety of supervisory and co-ordination roles. For further information, email publicity.brigadoon@gmail.com or phone 02 4883 7471.
WHO WAS THAT MASKED WOMAN?
THE ever-resourceful Judy Macdonald from Clan Donald, and her sewing group, have been making face masks and distributing them to Meals on Wheels and homeless shelters.
SO sad that Scots in the Bush at Boondooma Homestead has been cancelled, although our time has been well spent on cleaning up and maintenance. I was really hoping it might turn out differently and things would have improved sufficiently for us to gather at Boondooma Homestead in August. We did have such a great line-up of bands and other performers for 2020. What a shame The Year of Scotland in Australia has been interrupted by the coronavirus. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Scots News Magazine for your support over the years, and I am positive that the message in your magazine has made a huge contribution to the success of this great Celtic Event. Lets us look forward to Scots in the Bush 2021. Judy Brandt, Scots in the Bush
Scots News Magazine June/July 2020
NEWS Scottish business network to appoint australian ambassadors S C O T T I S H Business Network (SBN) will appoint A u s t r a l i a n Ambassadors in 2021, to provide more support for Scottish businesses across the world. SBN chair Russell Dalgleish said the not-for-profit international membership organisation for Scottish entrepreneurs and business leaders, aimed to facilitate greater communication and connectivity between talented Scottish companies and a network of leading Scottish diaspora around the globe. He said the recent appointment of Washington DC based Ian Houston as an ambassador in the United States, will assist Scottish companies identify new opportunities in the US and raise the profile of SBN in Washington. “Ian’s father and generations back hail from Glasgow and his passion for Scotland shines through in his love of Burns,” Mr Dalgleish said. Mr Houston’s role will be to spread the word that Scotland is an open and welcoming country and an attractive place to invest in, visit and live. “Over the next few years we believe that the US will become an ever more important market for Scottish companies, as we build new trading relations postCoronavirus.” The SBN plays a vital role in promoting positive trade growth, and placing a spotlight on Scottish commerce and innovation. To register interest in becoming an Australian ambassador, visit www.sbn.scot or you can email russell@sbn.scot. Scots News Magazine June/July 2020
1832 Cholera epidemic in Scotland Much has been written about comparing the COVID-19 pandemic with the Spanish Flu of 100 years ago. June Wiggins from the Troon@Ayrshire Family History Society has found more similarities with the cholera epidemic of nearly 200 years ago. AT a time like this, our horizons have shrunk as we stay at home and try to keep clear of infection. Like most of our ancestors, our world is confined to our immediate area, with few chances of travelling far. In fact, our Victorian ancestors probably had more chance of travelling than we do just now. On my daily walk, I can see the Carrick Hills and the surrounding countryside. The cherry and apple trees are in blossom and the plants and flowers are showing new growth. After a long wet stormy winter, we have had the sunniest, driest April for many years. Searching our archives produced an article on agriculture and the Ayrshire countryside, which explains how it came to look the way it does today. Reports from the Ayr Advertiser on the Ayr Agricultural Show expand on this topic. Our ancestors had to cope with various pandemics over the centuries, such as plague, smallpox, influenza and cholera. My grandparents lived through the Spanish ‘flu of 1918-1920, but never mentioned it. The cholera epidemic reached Ayr in July 1832, when a woman who had come from Glasgow died within 24 hours. The disease spread quickly, particularly in the narrow streets of Newton-on-Ayr. Out of over four hundred cases, there were 205 deaths, one of my ancestors among them. In Kilmarnock the
death toll was even worse, with 250 fatalities. The History of Ayr by John Strawhorn described the scene: “Throughout the months of crisis, the streets were strangely quiet, with the ‘dead cart’ taking corpses to the ‘dead house’ by night, and by day the sparsely-attended funeral processions to the extended graveyard east of the Auld Kirk.” Vagrants were prevented from entering the town and tar barrels and torches were kept burning day and night in an attempt to prevent the disease from spreading. The Board of Health recommended that the Ayr Races should be put off for that year as the crowds would spread the disease. There are many parallels with today, with shops closed, attendance at funerals restricted and sporting events postponed. By September, the situation was improving, with the Edinburgh Evening Courant of September 20 1832 reporting: “Cholera in Ayr and the neighbourhood has now much abated. The majority of the inhabitants, who quitted the town some weeks ago in the hope of escaping the disease, have now returned – the markets are thronged with buyers and sellers as formerly – and upon the whole, the town may be said to have assumed its wonted aspect of cheerfulness. In an early number we hope to be enabled to inform our readers that the disease has entirely left this district.“ We can only look forward to the day when this can be said about the present pandemic. 5
NEWS
SCOTTISH HEATHER HONEY hailed as a superfood
SCOTTISH honey made from heather has been officially confirmed as a superfood after ground-breaking research conducted by Dr Adrian Charlton from Fera Science Ltd in the UK. Dr Charlton analysed samples of heather honey produced by Edinburgh-based Scottish Bee Company, to investigate its nutritional content. He found that the honey contains up to 10 times more manganese than global rivals, after testing 200 other honeys including Manuka honey from New Zealand.
Manganese is an essential mineral with high antioxidant qualities. It plays a role in making and activating enzymes in the body which are involved in protecting tissues from damage, and in the metabolism of nutrients, as well as helping maintain healthy bones. “We didn’t know that honey of any type could be a significant source of dietary manganese before this piece of work was completed,” Dr Charlton said. Tests were carried out on honey made by bees feeding on heather in the Lothians, Dumfriesshire, Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire and Fife which showed higher levels of
manganese than many similar products from across the world. Iain and Suzie Millar started the Scottish Bee Company in 2017 because they were concerned about the UK’s declining bee population. They adopted some bees, hired a team of expert bee farmers and brought them together in the heather-covered hills of Scotland to produce uniquely flavourful honeys from Scotland’s unspoiled wilderness. For further information visit www.scottishbeecompany.co.uk. The honey is not available in Australia, but Scottish Business Network is currently talking with a retailer in Mosman Sydney.
Clan Ceilidh still happening at this stage - organisers monitoring the situation.
Toowoomba Caledonian Society & Pipe Band Inc. celebrating 150 years invites you to wear your tartan and celebrate with a
CLAN CEILIDH to be held at City Golf Club Saturday August 29, 202o 7pm to 10.30pm .Community Scottish Country Dancing (all called) .Pipe Band Highland Dancing Display .Licensed bar Available .Canapes Adults $25; Students 5-12 $10; under 5 free. All tickets pre-paid to Treasurer ronimctcs@gmail.com by August 14 Heritage Bank BSB 638070 Account No. 14273810
Enquiries to Marg on 0429 700 217 6
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ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN
JUNE 24 1314
SCOTLAND’S great warrior king, Robert Bruce born in 1274, was crowned in 1306, soon after killing his rival for the throne, John Comyn in Greyfriar’s Kirk at Dumfries. For the next eight years Bruce fought a brutal civil war against his own opponents in Scotland, and a guerrilla war of raids and ambushes against occupying English forces. He was careful to avoid full-on confrontations with a far mightier army. Bold, quick-thinking and utterly committed, Edward was Robert Bruce’s only surviving younger brother and right-hand man from 1307. A veteran fighter, Edward (sometimes known as Edward de Brus or Edward the Bruce) was a key figure in the desperate years of guerrilla combat before Bannockburn, besieging and capturing a number of castles in western Scotland. After the slaughter of his three brothers and humiliating capture of his mother and sisters by the English, the conflict had a keenly-felt personal edge. It was Edward’s actions which triggered the battle at Bannockburn. In 1314 Edward held Stirling Castle under siege. He made a deal with the occupying commander, Philip Mowbray, that unless the castle was relieved by the English by June 24, then it would be handed back to the Scots. This spurred Edward II into action. Scots News Magazine June/July 2020
Scotland’s defence a family affair At Bannockburn, Edward commanded one of the three divisions of Bruce’s army. He led a tightly-packed schiltron of spearmen who saw off the English vanguard on June 23. On June 24 his schiltron advanced relentlessly, driving back the disordered English cavalry and slaying the reckless Gloucester. In 1315, Edward invaded Ireland, which was then under English rule, as part of Bruce’s campaign to defend all of Scotland’s borders against repeat invasion from England. He proclaimed himself high king of Ireland but was killed in battle three years later. Lady Christian Bruce (also known as Christina), one of Robert’s older sisters (she was just a year older than him) also played an active role in the Wars of Independence against England. Christian married her first husband, Gartnait, Earl of Mar, in about 1295. He seems to have died some time after 1300, and Christian married Sir Christopher Seton. The Wars of Independence were viciously fought, and following the defeat of The Bruce in 1306 Lady Christian was captured by the English
at Tain while fleeing to safety in Orkney. Female relatives captured at the same time were imprisoned in cages, and her husband and two of her brothers were executed. Lady Christian was imprisoned at the Gilbertine nunnery at Sixhills in Lincolnshire, where she would stay until after Robert the Bruce’s victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Some time later, Christian married her third husband, Sir Andrew Murray. Sir Andrew was appointed Guardian of Scotland after the death of Robert the Bruce in 1329 and played a leading role in the second War of Independence against Edward III of England, who wanted to place Edward Balliol on the Scottish throne. In 1335, English forces under David de Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, besieged Kildrummy Castle in Aberdeenshire. The defenders were commanded by Lady Christian Bruce, who held out until forces commanded by Sir Andrew Murray could march north and defeat David de Strathbogie at the Battle of Culblean on November 30, 1335. 7
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ANNIVERSARIES IN SCOTTISH HISTORY June June 1, 1843 - Dr Henry Faulds, who established the uniqueness of fingerprints, born in Beith, Ayrshire. June 7, 1329 - Robert the Bruce died, Cardross Castle. June 7, 1811 - Sir James Young Simpson, pioneer of anaesthetics and chloroform, born. June 10, 1768 - Construction of the Forth and Clyde canal started. It was to take 22 years to complete. June 13, 1819 - The Strathnaver Clearances began on the Sutherland estates - families were given 30 minutes to remove their belongings before their cottages were set on fire. June 15, 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots’ last night in Edinburgh, at the house of Lord Provist, Sir Simon Preston, on the Royal Mile, prior to her imprisonment at Loch Leven castle two days later.
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June 17, 1617 - Articles of religion, introducing Anglican principles into Scottish worship, endorsed by Scottish parliament. June 18, 1746 - Flora MacDonald met Prince Charles Edward Stuart and persuaded him to wear women’s clothes as part of the escape plan from the Outer Hebrides to Skye. June 19, 1566 - Mary Queen of Scots gives birth to the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England. June 24, 1314 - Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Battle of Bannockburn. June 24, 1886 - Crofters’ Holding Act passed providing limited security of tenure. June 25, 1887 - Wallace statue unveiled at the Wallace National Monument, Stirling.
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July July 5, 1530 - Border reiver John Armstrong and 50 of his men were hanged for blackmail at Carlanrig by King James V. July 6, 1560 - Treaty of Edinburgh between Scotland and England. July 11, 1274 - Robert the Bruce born at Turnberry Castle. July 18, 1290 - Treaty of Birgham whereby Edward I guaranteed survival of Scotland “separate, apart and free without subjection to the English nation”. July 20, 1705 - Act of the Scottish Parliament establishing herring fishing in and around Scotland.
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July 24, 1411 - Battle of Harlaw Hill, one of the bloodiest battles on Scottish soil. July 31, 1786 - “Kilmarnock Edition” of the poems of Robert Burns Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect first published.
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ANNIVERSARY REPEAL OF PROSCRIPTION ACT
A DAY TO WEAR YOUR TARTAN WITH PRIDE (It was a right denied to our countrymen, women and children for 35 years!)
JULY 1 1782
The Repeal 1st July 1782 Listen Men. This is bringing before all the Sons of the Gael, the King and Parliament of Britain have forever abolished the act against the Highland Dress; which came down to the Clans from the beginning of the world to the year 1746. This must bring great joy to every Highland Heart. You are no longer bound down to the unmanly dress of the Lowlander. This is declaring to every Man, young and old, simple and gentle, that they may after this put on and wear the Truis, the Little Kilt, the Coat, and the Striped Hose, and also the Belted Plaid, without fear of the Law of the Realm or the spite of the enemies.
IN AN effort to crush the clan system in Scotland, the English government of the day passed an act on August 1, 1747 banning the wearing of the tartan. Following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden, Prince Charles fled to South Uist then eventually went across to France. His supporters suffered under the ‘Butcher of Cumberland’ and to further punish Scotland, Parliament issued Acts to destroy the clans, their identities and economic structures. New laws were imposed to ban the playing of the bagpipes and the wearing of highland dress. After 35 years, the law was repealed on July 1, 1782 and the Scot could once again wear his plaid with pride and without the fear of punishment. In America and Canada, Tartan Day is celebrated on April 6 as a joint celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. In Australia and New Zealand, we celebrate Tartan Day on July 1 - the day the proscription was lifted. There are estimated to be around three million people of Scottish descent living in Australia.
Wear something tartan on July 1. You are bound to evoke questions from friends and neighbours and you can proudly tell them that you are celebrating freedom - the right to proclaim your Scottish heritage and wear the garment so closely associated with Scotland the tartan.
The Proscription 1st August 1747 From and after the first day of August one thousand, seven hundred and forty-seven, no man or boy within that part of Great Britain called Scotland, other than such as shall be employed as officers and soldiers in His Majesty's forces, shall, on any pretence whatsoever wear or put on the clothes commonly called Highland clothes, (that is to say) the plaid, philibeg or little kilt, trowse, shoulder belts, or any part whatsoever of what peculiarly belongs to the Highland garb: and that no tartan or partly-coloured plaid or stuff shall be used for great coats, or for upper coats: and that if any such person shall presume, after the said first day of August, to wear or put on the aforesaid garments, or any part of them, every such person so offending, being thereof convicted by the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses before any court of justiciary, or any one or more justices of the peace for the shire or stewartry, or judge ordinary of the place where such offenses shall he committed, shall suffer imprisonment, without bail, during the space of six months, and no longer: and being convicted for a second offense before a court of justiciary, or at the circuits, shall be liable to be transported to any of His Majesty's plantations beyond the seas, there to remain for the space of seven years.
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FAMOUS SCOTS JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON Born: June 7, 1811 in Bathgate, West Lothian Died: May 6, 1870 Occupation: Scottish physician, first man to be knighted for services to medicine, and introduced
ANAESTHESIA. JAMES SIMPSON YOUNG was born the seventh son and eighth child of a baker and his wife in Bathgatge, West Lothian. He entered the University of Edinburgh at age 14 and began studying medicine at age 16. In 1830, by age 19, he had received his licentiate from the Royal College of Surgeons. He worked as a local doctor at Inverkip, before returning to Edinburgh University in 1832 to be awarded his doctorate. After lecturing in pathology, he was appointed president of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh in 1835, and four years later, at just 28 years of age, he was elevated to chair of obstetrics at the University of Edinburgh. His own medical practice also thrived, and women from all over Europe soon made their way to Edinburgh to be treated by him. In 1846, Simpson heard of the use of ether as an anaesthetic during surgery, and early in 1847 he tried it as a means of relieving the pain of childbirth. It proved effective, but had a number of undesirable side effects, so he started looking for an alternative. The idea of chloroform came from David Waldie, who had been a student with Young and went on to become an industrial chemist. Young tested chloroform on himself and on colleagues, before deciding that it was much better than ether. On November 15, 1847 he gave his first public demonstration of this new anaesthetic, and a few days later published his highly influential Account of a New Anaesthetic Agent. His ideas were attacked by some fellow doctors and those with religious interests, on the grounds that anaesthesia during childbirth was an act against nature. Regardless, chloroform was soon to replace ether as a general anaesthetic. In 1847 he was appointed one of the Queen’s physicians for Scotland. The arguments against him effectively ceased when chloroform was used during the delivery of Prince Leopold in 1853. In 1866 he was knighted for his services to medicine. Three years later he received the freedom of the City of Edinburgh. His memory lives on in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh. 10
HENRY FAULDS Born: June 1, 1843 in Beith, North Ayrshire Died: March 24, 1930 Occupation: Scottish physician, missionary and scientist who laid the groundwork for the development of
FINGERPRINTING. HENRY FAULDS was a Scottish doctor and missionary and a pioneer of the identification of people through their fingerprints. Born to prosperous parents on June 1, 1843 in Beith, North Ayrshire, he had to drop out of school to work as a clerk in Glasgow when his parents’ fortunes declined. After a few years of fending for himself, he decided to study mathematics and logic at Glasgow University, but soon realised that his true passion was to study medicine. He enrolled at Anderson’s College from where he received his physician’s licence. It was here that he developed a strong faith in Christianity and was attracted to missionary work. He joined the United Presbyterian Church and in 1873 he was sent to Japan where he founded and then became the surgeon superintendent of Tuskiji Hospital in Tokyo. He became fluent in Japanese, taught at the local university and was also responsible for founding the Tokyo Institute for the Blind. In the late 1870s, Faulds became involved in archaeological digs in Japan and noticed on shards of ancient pottery the fingerprints of those who had made them. He began to study modern fingerprints and wrote to Charles Darwin with his ideas. Darwin forwarded them to a relative, Francis Galton. In 1880, Faulds published a paper in Nature magazine on fingerprints, observing that they could be used to catch criminals and suggesting how this could be done. Shortly afterwards Sir William Herschel, a British civil servant working in India, published a letter in Nature, where he explained that he had been using fingerprints as a method of signature. In 1886, Faulds returned to Britain and offered his fingerprinting system to Scotland Yard, which declined the offer. Two years later, however, Galton delivered a paper to the Royal Institution, stating that Herschel had suggested forensic usage before Faulds, under the erroneous impression that his article had been the earlier of the two. This prompted a battle of letters between Faulds and Herschel that would continue until 1917, when Herschel conceded that Faulds had been the first to suggest a forensic use for fingerprints. After his return from Japan, Faulds worked in London and then as a police surgeon in Staffordshire. He died in March 1930, bitter at the lack of recognition he had received for his work. Scots News Magazine June/July 2020
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHAT’S ON in JUNE and JULY June 6 - Toowoomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band Ceilidh in Drayton Hall. Phone Marg on 0429 700 217. CANCELLED June 13 - Clansmen’s Ceilidh at Carlton Theatre in Townsville CANCELLED June 14 - Townsville Tartan Day CANCELLED June 13 and 14 - Clydesdale Spectacular at Boonah. CANCELLED June 27 - Tennents Tartan Day Tattoo at Fox and Hounds Country Inn at Wangawallan in Gold Coast Hinterland CANCELLED
WHAT’S COMING UP August 22 - Best of British Concert Qld Pops Orchestra at QPAC August 22 - Tennents Tattoo - tribute to William Wallace at Fox and Hounds Country Inn at Wangawallan in Gold Coast Hinterland. August 29 - Tow oomb a Caledonian Soc iety and Pip e Band will host a Clan Ceilidh at Daryton Hall. Phone Marg on 0429 700 217. Sep temb er 1 9 - Brisbane Boys’ C ollege S olo Pipi ng and Dr ummi ng C ompetiti on September - Toowoomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan and Carnival of Flowers parade.
July 11 - Scots Day At Suttons Beach Pavilion MONITORING July 25 - Tartan Day celebrations in King George Square Brisbane CANCELLED July 25 - Mackay Scottish Bluewater Fling CANCELLED
October 10 - Sounds of Scotland Concert presented by Brisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band October 13 - Celtic Grandeur Concert presented by Qld Pops Orchestra at QPAC Brisbane
July 25 - Gathering of the Highlanders in the North hosted by Atherton Tableland Caledonian Society at Mareeba International Club POSTPONED
October 17 - Clan Event at Bankfoot House Glass House Mntns
Small Pipe learning and playing held at Milton on the first Tuesday of each month from 7pm. Contact Malcolm on 3820 2902 or Ken on 3279 4093.
November 28 - Toowoomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band St Andrew’s Night at Drayton Hall. Phone Marg on 0429 700 217.
Gaelic classes are held each month in Brisbane. Visit www.facebook.com/BrisbaneGaelic for details. CANCELLED
November 1 - Celtic Festival of Queensland at Helidon
November 30 - St Andrew ’s Day TBA - The Celtic Sea at Newstead House Brisbane
INTERSTATE IN 2021 NSW April 17, 2021 - Brigadoon: Bundanoon Highland Gathering Easter, 2021 - Maclean H ighl and Gat heri ng
QUEENSLAND IN 2021 June - Clydesdale Spectacular at Boonah July 10 - Mackay Scottish Bluewater Fling July 24 - Tartan Day in Brisbane
VICTORIA IN 2020 October 24 and 25 - Australian Pipe Band Championships to be held at Princes Park Maryborough Victoria.
SCOTTISH TUNES AND CONVERSATION ON THE RADIO Join Ron Tannock every Thursday night from 7pm to 9.30pm and every second Saturday from 9am to noon for the Sounds of Ireland (and Scotland), on Burnett River Radio 91.5FM broadcasting to Gayndah and Central Burnett region. Colin Nightingale hosts Acoustic Harvest every second Thursday night at 8pm on bayFM100.3. Enjoy ‘A wee bit o’ Scotland on Thursday’ on 4EBFM98.1 from 2.15pm to 4.30pm. Scottish Program on Global Digital Radio (4EB) each Sunday from 2pm to 3pm. Triple T 103.9 Townsville Community Radio’s Scottish Program each Sunday from 3pm to 5pm with Don MacDonald. 12
Scots News Magazine June/July 2020