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Crofting is a traditional social system in Scotland defined by small-scale food production. Crofting is characterised by its common working communities, or "townships". Individual crofts are typically established on 2–5 hectares (5– 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 acres) of in-bye [40] for better quality forage, arable and vegetable production.
[1] [2] More than ten missions were established in NSW between 1824 and 1923. [3] [4] Relocation to missions denied Aboriginal people access to their traditional lands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites, and disrupted kinship systems. [5] [6] [7]
According to the 2021 Census, there were 3,634 people in Ashcroft.. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population. 51.0% of people were born in Australia.
The area later known as Colinton lies within the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. [4]In June 1823, an exploration party, composed of Captain Mark Currie, Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and an unknown Aboriginal guide, followed a route to the east of the steep slopes of the Murrumbidgee River's gorge and were the first colonists to pass through the area. [5]
The Crofting Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean na Croitearachd) took the place of the Crofters Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean nan Croitearan) on 1 April 2012 as the statutory regulator for crofting in Scotland. Based in Inverness, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.
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The first planned crofting townships in the Outer Hebrides were Barragloum and Kirkibost (Great Bernera) which were laid out into 32 large "lots" of between 14 and 30 acres in the uniform rectangular pattern that would become very familiar in later decades. This work was carried out in 1805 by James Chapman for the Earl of Seaforth.
It was founded by Thomas Alison Scott (1777–1881) and his wife Mary Anne Scott, née Crone, (c.1811–1905). The name of the suburb is derived from Scott's name, T.A.Scott.