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The Bindal people's coastal country includes the Burdekin River's outlet in the south, running northwards as far as Cape Cleveland and inland to the Leichhardt Range. They were the indigenous people of Ayr. Norman Tindale estimated the overall extent of their lands at about 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2). [2]
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Stewart Spiers was a small but innovative firm of plane-makers in Scotland, founded first of all in Ayr in Ayrshire and continuing under the registered name of Stewart Speirs Ltd [sic] in Paisley, Renfrewshire, from c. 1933 until its demise in the mid to late 1930s.
Ayr submitted unsuccessful bids for city status in 2000 [4] and 2002, [5] and as part of the wider South Ayrshire area in 2022. [6] Ayr was established as a Royal Burgh in 1205 and is the county town of Ayrshire. It served as Ayrshire's central marketplace and harbour throughout the medieval period [7] and was a port during the early modern ...
The Ayr clan is distributed all over the Somali peninsula but is found primarily in 7 regions out of the Somali nations total 18 regions. The Ayr clan is primarily settled in the region of; Galgaduud which is their heartland and the region they dominate, as well as Mudug, Hiiraan, Sool, Lower Shabelle, Togdheer and the capital region of the nation Banaadir.
Robert Aiken was one of Robert Burns's closest friends and greatest admirers. [1] He was born in 1739 in Ayr, Scotland.His father John Aiken, was a sea captain who owned his own ships [2] and his mother was Sarah Dalrymple, distantly related to the Dalrymples of Stair. [2]
John was born in Ayr to William Ballantine, a baillie in Ayr and his mother was Elizabeth Bowman. [2] He was a merchant and a Banker and in 1787 he became the Provost of Ayr, during which time he helped establish Ayr Academy. [1] As the Dean of Guild he had served a leading role in the plans to build a new bridge over the River Ayr. [1]