Migration to Australia

This may help narrow down the search. Arrival in Victoria 1851

Mr. James W. Stott, who claimed to be
the inventor of 'the first successfully tried
stumpjump plough in South Australia,"
died at Stepney on Sunday afternoon, after
an illness extending over five weeks. Born
at Aberdeen, Scotland, on April 17, 1830, he
arrived in Victoria in 1851. He spent a
few months on the goldfields, and then
went to Geelong, where he pursued his
trade of a blacksmith until 1855, when he
removed to South Australia. On the arri-
val of his father, for whom he had sent to
Scotland, he and his father began black-
smithing on the Glen Osmond road. Short-
ly afterward, however, they decided to go
upon the land. They secured property at
Templars, but as it was insufficient for
both of them, Mr. Stott obtained employ-
ment at the late Mr. James Martin's works
at Gawler. A few years later he again
tried farming, this time at Reeve's Plain,
but, owing to the red rust, disaster over-
took him in 1869, and he resumed work
with Mr. Martin. The following year, how-
ever, he opened business on his own ac-
count at Alma, where he remained until
1889. During that period he was eminently
successful. He invented his stumpjump
plough in 1877. and his strippers won re-
nown in the field trials. In conjunction
with the late Mr. G. Marshall he won
the prize offered by the Government for
the best stripper and cleaner combined. A
bushcutter, invented by himself and Mr.
Flintoff, proved a serviceable contrivance,
and his grubbing machine won numerous
medals and awards. His stumpjump plough
implements gained a large number of prizes
in South Australia and the other States,
at Calcutta, and at the Indian and Colonial
Exhibition in London. In 1889 Mr. Stott,
with his son James, started a foundry at
Booleroo, but he disposed of it in 1894 and
came to the metropolis. Subsequently he
joined the firm of J. Willcocks and T. H.
Stott, Magill road. While at Alma he was
a member of the district council, and an
ardent supporter of the cricket club. He
was a Freemason, and for many years be-
longed to the Gawler branch of the Man-
chester Unity Lodge of Oddfellows. He
married twice, and is survived by his widow,
a son and two daughters by the first wife — '
Mr. J. Stott (of Brinkworth), Mrs. S. Eyre
(of Georgetown), and Mrs. A. Millar (of
Hopetoun, Victoria); a son and two daught-
ters by his second wife— Mr. T. H. Stott'
(of the present firm), Mrs. C. Fuller (of
Willowie). and Mrs. F. W. Hanley (of Pin-
gully, Western Australia): 29 grandchil,
dren, and 2 great-grandchildren.
The Register (Adelaide) 25th march 1907 p.5

This one may be worth a look at;
STOTT, JAMES
Age: 21
Month: October
Year: 1852
Ship: "CHANCE"
Book 7 page 9

Thanks for the very interesting Information Morgan 2409. I have tried to find passenger list but can't do so. If you are able would you please send me a copy?
Thanks
Bruce

Is that obituary from the Register, which morgan posted, the James Stott you are after; he arrived in 1851.
you didn't say.
I mean there were a few James Stott's
The commander of the Holyrood, was James Stott, that arrived from London in 1852. Have you got a birthdate for your James?

never mind I have him. Yes James Winchester Stott was trading as J.W.Stott of Alma Blacksmiths in South Australia
I'll have a look for a ship.

The Argus James Stott has 2 letters at the GPO Melbourne, 31st August, 1851.

Sorry, no he hasn't. After I corrected the text it turned out to be James Stent

Yes he is there! further up.
Good grief! I should go to bed.
I'll look again tomorrow