June 2021 issue of MacFarlane’s Lantern now available in Members Area

by Glenda Dickson on June 4th, 2021

MacFarlane’s Lantern No. 151-June 2021 is now available in the Members Area along with back issues. Please click on Membership Info in the main menu if you are interested in joining.

There is a Scandinavian theme running through this issue which was sparked by the article written by our new South Australian committee member, Peter McFarlane, titled: Australia is a multi-cultural country: My ancestry is not just Scottish!

To complement this article we have reprinted the article The Stranger Gaels: A look at Norse influence in the northern Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Calum Curamach which appeared in MacFarlane’s Lantern No. 128, December 2013.

Of course, the lochside village of Tarbet had its fair share of Viking visitors so information from The Vale of Leven History Project website is featured on the front page.

We also bring you news of an exhibition which has just opened at the National Museum of Scotland titled: The Galloway Hoard: Viking Age Treasure.

Thank you to Ian Macfarlane in Victoria for sharing a memorial card from 1904 for John James McFarlane which led to the writing of the article Memorial Card Reveals Connection to Northern Ireland by Glenda Dickson.

Peter McFarlane has also shared with us information on his Scottish forebears in A Journey from the Highlands of Scotland to the Gippsland High Country of Australia and Glasgow boy leaves Gippsland legacy.

We also announce the names of the winners of our membership draw on the back page.