impact of scots abroad

individual scots that made impacts abroad

john muir

james dalhousie

john macarthur

lord mont stephen

john mcdonald

andrew fisher

what did john muir do

convinced us government to establish yasemite national park

what did james dalhousie do

encouraged the building it schools and roads in india

was governor general and oversaw the creation of an extensive railway network

what did john macarthur do

opened the first sheep ranch and introduced merino sheep to australia

what did lord mont stephen do

creates the canadian pacific railway

what did john mcdonald do

first canadian prime minister

what did andrew fisher do

australian prime minister 3 times

established commonwealth bank

what countries did scot’s impact

australia

canada

new zealand

india

usa

what did scots do in australia

creates a shipping company

mining

banking

what scots did in australia- shipping company

scots opened a shipping company that pioneered the shipping and freezing of frozen meat from australia to the uk

what scot’s did in australia- mining

gold

copper

silver

coal

what scots did in australia- banking

opened bank of queensland

what scots did in canada

agriculture

education

what scots did in canada- agriculture

scot’s were known to have thriving farms in canada after taking up to offer of free or cheap land

what scots did in canada- education

funded 6 universities including Queens University

what scot’s did in india

education

finance and business

what scot’s did in india- education

missionaries set up many schools and universities

what scots do in india- finance and business

became involved in exporting tea, coal, sugar and more

india overtook china in exporting tea

what scots did in new zealand

education system

paper making

mining

dunedin

what scots did in new zealand- education system

the scottish education system, established in 1872, became the basis for the new zealand system, 1877

what scot’s did in new zealand- paper making

scot’s founded the paper making industry

what scot’s did in new zealand- mining

involved in gold mining after its discovery in the mid nineteenth century

what scot’s did in new zealand- dunedin

scots created the town dunedin, even today it looks scottish. the rugby team is nicknamed the highlanders