Kangaroos and Cockatoos: Gaelic literature in the nineteenth-century Antipodes

Kidd, S. (2017) Kangaroos and Cockatoos: Gaelic literature in the nineteenth-century Antipodes. Scottish Literary Review, 9(2), pp. 1-18.

Abstract

Gaelic literature produced by emigrants in nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand is to be found almost exclusively in the pages of Gaelic periodicals and in the Gaelic columns of newspapers published in Scotland, the Antipodes and Canada. This paper provides an overview of these publications, including the short-lived Tasmanian periodical, An Teachdaire Gaidhealach, and considers the literary output of some of their identifiable Antipodean contributors.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Scottish Gaelic, nineteenth-century Gaelic literature, emigrant literature, Gaelic publishing.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Kidd, Dr Sheila
• Authors: Kidd, S.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PB Modern European Languages > PB1501 Scottish Gaelic Language
• College/School: College of Arts > School of Humanities > Celtic and Gaelic
• Journal Name: Scottish Literary Review
• Publisher: The Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• ISSN: 1756-5634
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 Association for Scottish Literary Studies
• First Published: First published in Scottish Literary Review 9(2): 1-18
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher