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This chapter presents a study of Scottish tragedian, Walter Bentley (1849–1927), the author’s grandfather, who flees his strict Presbyterian home in Edinburgh. It traces Bentley’s first arrival in Australia—illegally—in 1866, and the period of his life in Dunedin, a haven for the Scottish diaspora in New Zealand, and illustrates Bentley’s return to Australasia in 1891 as a triumphant tragedian, exploiting Scottish settler identities, customs, and traditions. Wallace concludes her survey of Bentley’s life as a theatre-migrant with his return to Sydney in 1909, his diasporic hybridity as a Scottish Australian, and his initiative, in 1910, to found a college of elocution, developing the next generation of Australian actors and actresses.

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Walter Bentley, Scottish Tragedian: Australasia’s Equivocal Theatre Migrant

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  • Sue-Anne Wallace

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This chapter presents a study of Scottish tragedian, Walter Bentley (1849–1927), the author’s grandfather, who flees his strict Presbyterian home in Edinburgh. It traces Bentley’s first arrival in Australia—illegally—in 1866, and the period of his life in Dunedin, a haven for the Scottish diaspora in New Zealand, and illustrates Bentley’s return to Australasia in 1891 as a triumphant tragedian, exploiting Scottish settler identities, customs, and traditions. Wallace concludes her survey of Bentley’s life as a theatre-migrant with his return to Sydney in 1909, his diasporic hybridity as a Scottish Australian, and his initiative, in 1910, to found a college of elocution, developing the next generation of Australian actors and actresses.