Following the expedition he returned to Scotland to manage his family estates at Niddrie and Yetholm, which he had recently inherited.
By 1871, Stevenson had built a house he named Niddrie, after his birthplace of Niddrie, a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Niddrie and the banks of the Maribyrnong River were originally inhabited by the Wurundjeri clan of the Kulin Aboriginal nation.
Niddrie | Niddrie, Edinburgh | Electoral district of Niddrie |
A by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly district of Niddrie was held on 24 March 2012.
The most notable production to be filmed in Sighthill was the 1998 BBC Scotland television drama Looking After Jo Jo which featured Robert Carlyle in the title role and was filmed in and around North Sighthill and Niddrie.