 New Scotland, Mpumalanga

New Scotland is a farming region in the former Republic of Transvaal bordering Swaziland, which was settled about 1866 and promoted by Alexander McCorkindaleWikitree profile for emigrants from Scotland and the Natal Colony.After the death of McCorkindale in 1872 who was the fledgling community's inspirer, the grand plans of an industrial and commercial centre faltered and many of the Scots moved elsewhere to the Diamond rush in Kimberley and the gold rush of the Witwaterand.