Editing Strontian (section)

=== 19th century ===
According to [[John MacCulloch]] in his descriptive letters to [[Sir Walter Scott]] during the 1820s, Strontian is described as "a wild and uninteresting country, though there is some grandeur in one scene, in a deep valley which is terminated by the fine form of [[Sgùrr Dhòmhnuill|Scuir Donald]]&nbsp;... Strontian possesses now an excellent inn."<ref>The highlands and western isles of Scotland:
containing descriptions of their scenery and antiquities, with an account of the political history and ancient manners, and of the origin, language, agriculture, economy, music, present condition of the people, &c. &c. &c. Founded on a series of annual journeys between the years 1811 and 1821, and forming an universal guide to that country, in letters to Sir Walter Scott, bart, Volume 2 (1824)</ref>

An 1830 source describes it: "The village of Strontian is very pleasantly situated, directly at the head of Loch Sunart, the hills adjoining to which are crowned with beautiful and very thriving plantations. The Loch itself is here extremely picturesque&nbsp;... [i]n a neighbourhood civilized and populous it would speedily become a favourite retreat."<ref>Walk through the Highlands, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 148 p. 312 (1830)</ref>

In the 1830s, residents from Strontian and the surrounding area were among the first to use the "Bounty Scheme" to emigrate to Australia. The ''Brilliant'', a Canadian-built ship, sailed from Tobermory to New South Wales in 1837 with 322 passengers, 105 of whom were from Ardnamurchan and Strontian.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = Full text of The History of the Highland Clearances
 | year = 1914
| publisher = Glasgow, P.J. O'Callaghan
| url = https://archive.org/stream/historyofhighlan00mackrich/historyofhighlan00mackrich_djvu.txt
}}
</ref>
The Bounty Scheme, which ran from 1835 to 1841, was proposed by [[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]] as a way for Australian settlers to subsidise the emigration of skilled tradespeople from Britain.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = Australia's Early Immigration Schemes
 | url = https://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/immigration.html
}}
</ref>

In the 1850s more emigrants left from the Strontian and Anaheilt area. The ''Allison'' sailed from Liverpool in 1851 for Melbourne with a number of Highlanders from the area aboard.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title = Highland and Island Emigration Society, "The ALLISON" Ship List information
 | url = https://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/HIES/all1.html
}}
</ref>