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"ST KILDA, island, Harris par., Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, pop. 77; is the chief islet, and the only inhabited one, of a rocky group lying far out in the Atlantic, 40 miles W. of the NW. extremity of North Uist; measures about 7 miles in circumference, has precipitous cliffs on its coasts, and a maximum alt. of 1220 ft. The islets swarm with myriads of seafowl, which are killed in great numbers by the inhabitants for the feathers and also for the oil which some species yield. Very little of the soil is cultivated; some sheep and cattle are reared."
Description from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, (1887).
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'From Hirta to Port Phillip. The story of the ill-fated emigration from St Kilda to Australia in 1852' by Eric Richards (Islands Book Trust, 2010)
| St Kilda, Church of Scotland |
Scotland's History: Emigration from St Kilda.
- In September 1852, 36 inhabitants of St Kilda left for Australia on board the ‘Priscilla’. The ship was carrying migrants under a new scheme funded by the Highland and Island Emigration Society.
- The voyage from Birkenhead to Port Phillip (Melbourne) lasted 98 days – a journey that witnessed many deaths and sickness, primarily caused by measles. The final death toll among the original 36 emigrants was probably 19, leaving 17 survivors.
Highland and Island Emigration Society Archive
- Almost 5,000 people who left Scotland to make a new life in Australia between 1852 and 1857 are recorded in the archive of the Highland and Island Emigration Society in National Records of Scotland. This all-new database (2019) supersedes the transcript that has been available through the Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) website. The entries and images are all free to search and view.
- The transcription of the section for St Kilda from the National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from St Kilda to another place.
- The entire population of the island was evacuated in 1930.
- For a comprehensive history of St Kilda see St Kilda in the Gazetteer for Scotland.
- Read about the last inhabitants of St Kilda in 1930.
- Learn about St Kilda's history in records in National Records of Scotland
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