"Some recent Scottish historians consider that Australian researchers hsve been too preoocupied with recording the colonial fortunes of successful Scottish minority which could not be anything but successful, given their financial backing, superior education and influential contacts. It has been argues instead that insufficient notice has been taken of "invisible" Scots - the women, criminals, labourers and servants who were hardly failures. Accordingly, this collection of twelve papers aims at redressing that imbalance by featuring memebers of the Scottish proletariat as well as focusing on the "movers and shakers" of the Moreton Bay District before 1860" (back cover) Limited first edition of 300 copies. xii, 206 pages.