New Clan Matheson Australia website
The Clan Matheson Society in Australia has an attractive new website, which is well worth a look.
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International newsletter now available
You can catch up with news from branches of the Clan Matheson Society around the world, in the 2014 international newsletter. Members of the Clan Matheson Society in New Zealand have just received their copies by email.
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160th anniversary of the arrival of the first Waipu settlers
During the 1850s about 900 Highland Scots settled at Waipu, north of Auckland in New Zealand, a district that to this day is very proud of its Scottish origins. Many had earlier tried to establish a Gaelic-speaking Highlanders’ settlement in Nova Scotia, which today is part of Canada. Their later move to warmer climes in
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Grand pageant commemorates Scottish migration
The epic migration of Scottish Highlanders to Waipu in Northland is an important part of the family history of a number of Mathesons in New Zealand. This story is being kept alive by the community in the area settled by the Highlanders, and the 2013 Waipu Grand Pageant was an important contribution to that effort. The
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Recalling the international clan gathering in New Zealand
The Clan Matheson Society’s first international gathering outside Scotland took place here in New Zealand as well as in Australia. Chief’s lieutenant Doug Matheson remembers the event back in 2008, in an article on the clan website’s past events page.
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