The brown homespun jacket has the gauntlet maroon cuffs and collar, Vandyked with real Irish lace.
His leather brogues are of very ancient form, and his bonnet with red border bears the white cockade with crest and motto, ‘For King and Country.
[5]In 1892, Napier set up the Scottish National Association of Victoria, an expatriate organisation that promoted home rule for Scotland.
[6] Napier was generally regarded as eccentric and on the fringes of the Nationalist movement; he insisted on wearing full Highland regalia in public.
He petitioned that Edward use a different name, and when that request was ignored, he announced his intention to attend the coronation ceremony and "challenge the King's champion to mortal combat".
[9] Napier is well known for his donation in 1920 of 10 acres (40,000 m2) of native bushland to Essendon Council (now part of the City of Moonee Valley) for parkland.