The sailing ship Symmetry departed from Leith Port in Edinburgh on May 22,1825 commanded by Captain Smith carrying about 220 colonists comprising 45 couples, 42 bachelors, 14 single women and 79 children. After stopping at the Canary Islands, The Symmetry arrived at Buenos Aires on 8 August 1825.

The colonists set up in the area known today as Monte Grande in the Province of Buenos Aires under the patronage of John and William Parish Robertson. (See Argentine Tartan )

The colony failed in 1829 and the people moved to other places, therefore, by 1858 there were very few Scots left living in what  today is Monte Grande.

Information about the Ship:

Copper sheathed, 3 masted square rigged ship of 382 tons. Single main deck with beams. Drew 18 feet of water when loaded. Registered at Scarborough in 1823. Owned by Tindles. Classified A1.

This is the only picture about the Symmetry.

Passenger List

The following remarkable poetic effusion, from the pen of “Tam o’ Stirling”, one of the Monte Grande settlers, was partly written at sea on board of the Symmetry and concluded after landing at Buenos Aires.

Poem:“Tam o’ Stirling”

Copyright Monica Loreto