麻豆官网首页入口

An cuala sibh riamh mu fhear 脿s a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd a choisinn cli霉 dha fh猫in ann an Astr脿ilia mar 鈥楢n t-Albannach Fiadhaich鈥� no 鈥�The Wild Scotsman鈥�? B鈥� esan Seumas Mac a鈥� Phearsain. Bhuineadh e do Shrath Sp猫. Bha e na mh猫irleach-rathaid no, mar a chanas iad ann am Beurla, bha e na bhushranger. Cha chreid mi gu bheil m貌ran ann an Alba ga chuimhneachadh an-diugh. Tha mi airson innse dhuibh mu dheidhinn.

Rugadh Seumas ann an ochd ceud deug, ceathrad 始s a h-aon (1841) faisg air an Aghaidh Mh貌ir. Thathar a鈥� smaoineachadh gun deach e gu sgoil ann an Daothal ann an Srath Sp猫.聽

Bha c霉isean doirbh an sin. Nuair a bha e 貌g, bha gort a鈥� bhunt脿ta ann. Bha Seumas tr矛 bliadhn鈥� deug a dh鈥檃ois nuair a roghnaich a ph脿rantan eilthireachd a dh猫anamh gu Astr脿ilia.

She貌l iad air an t-soitheach, am William Miles, 脿 Liverpool. R脿inig iad B脿gh Mhoreton anns an Fhaoilleach, ochd ceud deug, caogad 始s a c貌ig (1855). Sin far a bheil baile m貌r Bhrisbane an-diugh. 始S e Brisbane pr矛omh bhaile T矛r na Banrigh. Aig an 脿m sin, bha T矛r na Banrigh fhathast mar ph脿irt de Chuimrigh Nuadh a Deas. 始S ann ceithir bliadhna an d猫idh sin a fhuair i inbhe mar thuineachadh neo-eisimeileach.

Fhuair athair Sheumais obair air oighreachd, p矛os suas Abhainn Bhrisbane, ris an canar Cressbrook. Bha e na threabhaiche. Thathar a鈥� smaoineachadh gun robh Seumas agus a bhr脿ithrean ag obair le crodh is caoraich. An ceann 霉ine, bha Seumas sgileil mar mharcaiche.

An d猫idh ceithir bliadhna, ghluais an teaghlach a Bhrisbane. Fhuair Seumas preantasachd le fear-togail. Dh鈥檌onnsaich e clachaireachd. Ceithir bliadhna an d猫idh sin, ghluais an teaghlach a-mach gu sg矛re dh霉thchail. Cha deach Seumas c貌mhla riutha. 始S ann an uair sin a th貌isich c霉isean a dhol ce脿rr.

Gun rabhadh sam bith, thr猫ig e a phreasantachd. Thachair e ri dithis fhear eile.聽 Dh鈥檌arr iad air a dhol cuide riutha gu tuath. Bha iad ri obair r脿itheil, leithid r霉sgadh chaorach. Nuair nach robh obair aca, bha iad ri eucoir. Aig a鈥� cheann thall, mar a ch矛 sinn, bha Seumas gu bhith na eucoireach na bu chli霉itiche na 始n dithis eile.

Did you ever hear about a man from the Highlands who earned a reputation for himself in Australia as 鈥楾he Wild Scotchman鈥�? He was James McPherson. He belonged to Strathspey. He was a highwayman or, as they say in English, he was a bushranger. I don鈥檛 think many (people) in Scotland remember him today. I want to tell you about him.

James was born in 1841 near Aviemore. It鈥檚 thought that he attended school in Duthil in Strathspey.

Things were difficult there. When he was young, the potato famine happened. Seumas was thirteen years of age when his parents decided to emigrate to Australia.

They sailed on the vessel, the William Miles, from Liverpool. They reached Moreton Bay in January 1855. That鈥檚 where the city of Brisbane is today. At that time, Queensland was still part of New South Wales. It鈥檚 four years after that, that it achieved the status of an independent colony.

James鈥� father got work on an estate, a distance up the Brisbane River, called Cressbrook. He was a ploughman. It鈥檚 thought that James and his brothers were working with cattle and sheep. After a while, James was skilful as a horse rider.

After four years, the family moved to Brisbane. James got an apprenticeship with a builder. He learned stonemasonry. Four years after that, the family moved out to a country area. James didn鈥檛 go with them. It鈥檚 then that matters started to go wrong.

Without any warning, he abandoned his apprenticeship. He met two other men. They asked him to go with them to the north. They were involved in seasonal work, such as shearing of sheep. When they didn鈥檛 have work, they were involved in crime. Eventually, as we鈥檒l see, James was going to be a more notable criminal than the other two.