Australia

Question 1

Brewing

Answer 1

Robert McCracken developed brewing in Melbourne and produced 100,000 barrels a year by 1884

Question 2

Education

Answer 2

St Andrews college in Sydney was founded by Scottish emigrants in 1867

Question 3

Farming

Answer 3

John MacArthur introduced the first merino sheep to Australia

Question 4

Politics

Answer 4

Andrew Fisher was Australias PM three times between 1908-1915

Question 5

Chocolate

Answer 5

MacRobertsons was a chocolate company which made products such as Freddos

Question 6

School

Answer 6

Melbourne academy was known as ‘Scotch college’ during the tenure of its first principal Robert Lawson a Scot from Edinburgh University

Question 7

Meat

Answer 7

Andrew McIlwraith + Malcom McEacharn set up their businesses in London in 1875 but Malcom eventually moved to Australia and set up the first successful transportation of refrigerated meat to Britain

Question 8

Tools

Answer 8

John Buncle (from Edinburgh) supplied farming tools, he was councillor and mayor of Hotham Melbourne twice and helped to found Hotham school of design and Melbourne Iron works