Dear David, A lot of scottish people emigrated under the HIES scheme details of which can be found on Brian Keddy's site http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bryanfkeddy/Glen1.html Also the passenger lists for any who arrived at Portland are available at Portland History House 03 55222266 The people at History House are very helpful Regards Marilyn A Warrnambool Neighbour David McDonald wrote: > Can SKS tell me what port highlanders from Glengarry district would have > used in the mid 1800's to emigrate to Australia? Was Fort William such a > port? > I understand the migrants to Canada left from Fort William to go to > Canada in 1770 & 1790 but I don't know if they shipped to say Liverpool, > and then departed from there. > David Australia