From Lanarkshire, Scotland to the Swan River, 1831 – Chapter Seven

By Mary McGregor-Craigie
Updated November 4 2018 - 11:25am, first published November 2 2018 - 5:07pm
 A piece of history: The Scott and McGregor families arrived in Western Australia aboard the sailing ship "Eliza" under Captain James Weddell on March 5, 1831. Drawing by Mary McGregor-Craigie.
A piece of history: The Scott and McGregor families arrived in Western Australia aboard the sailing ship "Eliza" under Captain James Weddell on March 5, 1831. Drawing by Mary McGregor-Craigie.

Daniel McGregor, son of Helen and stepson of John Scott, had already made an important pioneering contribution by the time he had led the first overland expedition to Bunbury, with livestock, from the Guildford Settlement in January 1838.

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