Hi there,
If you look at the NSW penal colony, and then at the native place, then you need to look at the period 1787 to 1840, and until 1825 that included Van Diemen's Land. You may need to find the Australian archival records to confirm those native places to check the percentages of Scottish born convicts transported 'beyond the seas'.
If you look at the Administrative structure of the penal colonies of NSW and VDL, then you need to know that UNTIL the appointment of a SCOTTISH governor, that all convict ships went firstly to NSW. The Scottish governor was the first of the Military governors, and he organised for some transports to go directly to VDL. Earlier governors were Navy men, for example the last Navy man to reign over the NSW Penal colony was William Bligh (he of the Mutiny of the Bounty fame). Bligh was ousted by a coup d'etat (the Garrison forces rose up and deposed him).
Lachlan Macquarie replaced the regime that ousted Bligh. Macquarie's reign resulted in an effective administration being established, so that under Macquarie there were general orders re BDM records, regulations re building structures, fence lines, slops, clothing, co-habitation and inheritance issues, revised approach to marriage ('bigamy' v effective termination of a marriage 7 year rule matters v separation by .... beyond the seas) and commencement of democracy with separation of judiciary from dictatorship by governor .... etc etc etc.
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macquarie-lachlan-2419http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/digital-gallery/lachlan-macquarie-visionary-and-builderhttp://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/As my own family history records have been preserved by earlier generations, I can assure you that those family members who were of Scottish origins were quite insisting that "Scotch" heritage is distinct from English. I also have Welsh and Cornish and Irish ancestors arriving in NSW in the Macquarie era, and they too were as concerned for their new life to acknowledge that they were NOT English ..... It is not until the decade after transportation ceased that any "English" ancestors of mine arrive in NSW....
Family history is an interesting journey, and I have been involved in mine since the late 1950s .... and I hope to continue for quite a number of years yet.
Cheers, and many thanks for that wonderful article. Food for Thought....
JM