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Scottish Rifles, Garden Palace grounds c1895

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Scottish Rifles, Garden Palace grounds c1895

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

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State Archives & Records New South Wales

Statutory body established by the State Records Act 1998. The Act provides for the creation, management and protection of the records of public offices of the State and for public access to those records.

Based at Kingswood, State Archives and Records NSW manage and provide access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788.

Scots

Scots have been in Sydney from earliest European contact, with Forby Sutherland, a young Scottish crew member on the Endeavour, buried at Sutherland in 1770. Scots have played important roles in all facets of Sydney's history. While the Scots can seem to be 'invisible immigrants', without a clearly distinctive culture, Scottish professions, industry, religion and education have been influential in Sydney's development since the arrival of the First Fleet.

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New South Wales Scottish Rifles

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Military unit formed in response to the Sudan crisis in 1885. Individual members also fought in the Boer War.

Royal Botanic Gardens

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Harbourside gardens that combine scientific research with recreation for Sydneysiders.