Building the Scottish Diaspora: International symposium

Schedule of Papers

09.00 Welcome/Introduction: Alex Bremner, University of Edinburgh

Building Jerusalem at Botany Bay: James Barnet and John Grant

• Mark Stiles (University of Technology, Sydney)

Scottish Finance and the Development of the Built Environment in Colonial Australia

• Bernard Mees (RMIT, Melbourne)

11.00-11.30 Tea/Coffee 

Scots, Networks and Building in Van Diemen’s Land

• Stuart King (University of Tasmania, Launceston)

Thomas Learmonth and Sons: Family Capitalism and the Pastoral Origins of Victoria’s Built Environment

• Harriet Edquist (RMIT, Melbourne)

13.00-13.45 Lunch 

An English Country House in Calcutta: the Government House, Architect Robert Adam and Statesman John Adam

• Sydney Ayres (University of Edinburgh)

Scottish Architects and India’s Built Environment: John Begg and George Wittet

• Sarah Longair (University of Lincoln)
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15.15-15.45 Tea/Coffee 

Scottish Diaspora: the George Town, Maryland Question

• Eve Barsoum (US Commission of Fine Arts, Washington DC)

Response 1: The Wider World and Scottish Architectural History

•  John Lowrey (University of Edinburgh)

Response 2: Scottish Architectural Agency in a Global Context

• Andrew Leach (University of Sydney)

More information can be found at the Building the Scottish Diaspora website, buildingscottishdiaspora.wordpress.com

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