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Clan MacLeod Society of Australia (South Australia) Inc.
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Historical Connections with South Australia
Foundations of South Australia
South Australia was founded in 1836 as a British Colony of free settlers.
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Proclaiming land for sale in South Australia
James MacLeod arrived in South Australia in the very early days of the Colony. A brief account of that event is displayed below, with a more detailed story to be found in the ‘MacLeods of Raasay’ section.
To see all five pages of ‘A Fragment of MacLeod Tartan’ click on page one below.
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