August/September, 2021
SCOTS NEWS
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Volume 11 Number 2
AULD ACQUAINTANCES WILLNAE BE FORGOT
FROM THE EDITOR IT IS THE END OF AN ERA Dear Readers, After much reflection, and another impending visit to hospital to have more skin cancers removed, I have come to the decision that I need to re-allocate my time and efforts towards a simpler lifestyle. To help facilitate this, after this issue, the magazine in its current format will no longer be published. Fear not, you can still receive Scottish news and event information as I continue to promote events via our Scots News Magazine Facebook page (details on page 10 about how to follow our page). After 10 years of producing first a monthly edition, then a bi-monthly edition, I need to recoup some time for myself. I have greatly enjoyed workng with you all, and I know from emails I have received that the magazine has been well appreciated. Each issue, from blank page to distribution, takes at least 80 hours to produce. There are stories to find, write, fact-check, edit, proof and layout, history to research, advertisers to invoice, advertisements to design and prizes to find. There is a mailing list to administer, adding new people and taking others off when their circumstances change. It’s a huge job but one that has been enjoyable for me. I have spent the past 45 years in the publishing industry so I know it well - ink is in my blood. Thank you for your wonderful feedback over the years. I know that event organisers and advertisers have appreciated the publicity, and readers have found the magazine a useful resource for finding Scottish-themed events to attend. Thank you also to the many people who have taken the time to come up and talk to me at events. I hope to still take a stall at some events, so look for my books - I’ll be the lady wearing a hat and staying out of the sun. God bless you all, until we meet again.
Carmel
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is an independent publication for Scots in Queensland. The magazine is published bi-monthly and distributed on the first of the month.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Carmel McMurdo Audsley COPYRIGHT: All stories appearing in the magazine are written by the editor unless otherwise stated and are subject to copyright laws. Stories may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the editor. COMPETITIONS: See page 8 for competition prizes and entry details. CONTACT: We welcome emails and would love to hear your news and views. Advertising enquiries are also welcome. EMAIL: scotsnews@iinet.net.au
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CONTENTS Toowoomba Caledonian 150th
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Kirkin’ on the Darling Downs
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Scots In The Bush
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Warwick Pipe Band Book
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Celtic Spectacular in Brisbane
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Anniversary - Lady Carolina
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Anniversary - Battle of Stirling Bridge 7 Give-Away - Win Kilted Koozies
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Anniversary - Battle of Flodden Field
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Directory of Goods and Services
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Calendar of Events
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EVENTS
Scotland the Brave celebration Dinner
150 years in Toowoomba
TOOWOOMBA Caledonian Society Pipe Band will celebrate its 150th birthday on August 28 with a Clan Ceilidh from 7pm at the Toowoomba City Golf Club. Tickets are $25 each and include finger food throughout the evening. There will also be a major raffle draw. Enjoy Scottish country dancing, pipes and drums displays and Highland dancing, and listen to past and present members speak about the society. To purchase tickets, and for further information visit https:// w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / ToowoombaCaledonianSocietyPipeBand/
FOX and Hounds Country Inn at Wongawallan in the Gold Coast hinterland will host a Scotland the Brave Celebration Dinner on October 15. On arrival, guests will be greeted by the entire Brisbane Pipe Band. As the evening progresses, so will the entertainment with some up close and personal performances tailored for the event. The Inn is becoming popular for celebrating all Scottish and Celtic events, and new events are always being added. It has been built with materials sourced from the Sussex Arms Pub in Tunbridge. There is lots of UK memorabilia on display, and many overseas beers on tap. To book, phone 07 5665 7582 or visit www.foxandhounds.net.au
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Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan on the Darling Downs
SOCIETY of St Andrew of Scotland (Qld) Ltd, Darling Downs branch, will host a 30th birthday Kirkin o’ the Tartan at St Johns on Geddes in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on Sunday August 15 from 2pm. The service will be conducted by Chaplain of the society’s governing body, Rev. Graeme McKay. Tartans, pipes and drums and dancing pumps will be blessed. Afternoon tea of boxed food (to comply with COVID regulations) will be available for $10 per person. Guests are encouraged to wear tartan. Further information from rjmay@bigpond.net.au, phone 4635 4086 or 0412 987 771.
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NEWS Scots head to the bush SCOTS will be heading to the bush for a fun-filled weekend of entertainment From August 19 to 22. Scots In The Bush is a great Celtic festival for the whole family at Boondooma Homestead, west of Brisbane, which celebrates the settlement of the original Boondooma Station by three Scots in 1846. The weekend’s entertainment will include Highland games and stalls and lots of music with performances from Noosa and District Pipe Band, Murrumba Pipes and Drums, Toowoomba Caledonian Society Pipe Band, Dalby Thistle Pipe Band, Celtic Crossover, Ishka, Celtic Psychosis, Velcro, Moreton Celtic Fiddle Club, Irish dancing and so much more. Bookings are essential and tickets are available from h t t p s : / / www.boondoomahomestead.org.au.
Where Scottish tradition meets the beauty of the bush
Boondooma Museum & Heritage Association Inc presents
Scots in the Bush 2021 19 – 22 August 2021 Bookings essential and open on 1 June 2021. For bookings go to https://www.boondoomahomestead.org.au Enquiries: Judy Brandt: judy.keith.brandt@bigpond.com or mobile: 0427364026 Caretakers: info@boondoomahomestead.org.au or phone 07 4168 0159 4
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CELTIC SPECTACULAR
NEWS
Concert in Brisbane
Warwick Pipe Band goes down in history
Pictured: Drum sergeant Alexander Manfield, author John Telfer, and Doug Cutmore discuss the manuscript of the centenary history.
WARWICK Thistle Pipe Band will mark its centenary in 2023, with the publication of a book about its history. Written by local historian John Telfer, the book will delve into the origins of the Warwick Thistle Pipe Band and why it wears the Gordon tartan, the role it played in Warwick's Boxing Day Highland Gatherings (and many other Gatherings), its continuation through the World Wars, the connection with Scots PGC College, as well as profiles of its members, including Doug Cutmore, the band's longestserving member and life member - as well as its activities in more recent years. The book is currently being reviewed prior to editing and publication, and will be available via the band’s Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/WarwickThistle-Pipe-Band.
QUEENSLAND Pops Orchestra will present a Celtic Spectacular at the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane, on Saturday October 9, 2021 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Maestro Patrick Pickett CSM has put together a program of traditional Celtic favourites, and commissioned new arrangements that will leave the audience both nostalgic and uplifted. Sarah Caulderwood will delight audiences with her beautiful voice and enchanting Irish flute playing.
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The ever-popular Pops regular Gregory Moore will make his return in tartan in the genre that made him so well known. Kevin Higgins will make a special appearance performing on the haunting Uilleann pipes. The concert will include choirs, dances and all things Celtic with the BBC Pipes and Drums, OzScot Australian Dancers and Watkins Academy of Irish Dance. Visit https:// q l dp o p s . c o m / e v e n t s / celtic-spectacular to get in early as soon as tickets become available.
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BIRTH OF LADY CAROLINA August 16, 1766 LADY Nairne was an astute collector of song and wrote some of Scotland's best-known songs, yet few people are familiar with her work. It doesn't help that some of her songs and prose have been attributed to Robert Burns, James Hogg or Walter Scott. She was born Carolina Oliphant, at Gask House, Perthshire on August 16, 1766. She had three sisters and two brothers. Her father Laurence Oliphant was a progressive thinker and believed in education for girls as well as boys. The Oliphants and her mother's family the Robertsons of Struan, were fierce supporters of the Jacobite movement. Both her father and grandfather had to leave Scotland after Culloden. Their lands were bought by relatives in the ensuing sales of forfeited estates. Carolina’s father suffered poor health brought on by his experiences while in exile, and to cheer him and her uncle Duncan Robertson, Chief of Struan, she composed Jacobite songs and set them to old tunes, including Charlie is my Darling, Will Ye No Come Back Again, and The Hundred Pipers. In her younger years, she was pretty, energetic, and had a keen fondness for dancing. Niel Gow, the famous fiddler, was a contemporary. It was at this time that she adapted popular melodies with new lyrics. The original lyrics would have been considered much too crude for society folk. These included The Laird o' Cockpen, The County Meeting and The Pleughman. On June 2, 1806, at age 41, she married her second cousin, Major William Murray Nairne, and they remained in Edinburgh until his death in 1830. It was upon coming to Edinburgh that she be6
Unsung songwriter composed Jacobite songs Not a lot has been written about Scotland’s female composers. According to Musica International, Carolina Oliphant’s songs are second in popularity to Robert Burns. She is also known as Lady Nairne and is believed to have penned the famous Jacobite song Charlie is my Darlin’. Lady Nairne with her Son William, painted by John Watson Gordon. Credit: National Galleries of Scotland/WikiCommons
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came involved in her lifelong project to preserve and foster the songs of Scotland. It was not considered proper for society ladies to dabble in what she herself called "this queer trade of song-writing". Her attempts at keeping her hobby a secret included publishing her books anonymously or under the nomde-plume ‘Mrs Bogan of Bogan’. Much of her work was contributed in this form to Robert Purdie's The Scottish Minstrel, 1821-24, in six volumes. When she visited him she would wear an old, veiled cloak so as not to be recognised. In 1824, Parliament restored the forfeited Jacobite peerages and Major Nairne regained the family Barony. Carolina and her
husband became Baron and Baroness Nairne. After Baron Nairne died in 1830, she travelled extensively with her invalid son and her great niece. Her son died in Brussels in 1837, and she finally relented to her relatives' pleas to return to Scotland in 1845. Tired and sick, she came back to her home in Gask where she died on October 26, 1845, at age 79. Two years after her death, a posthumous collection of verse, Lays from Strathearn, was prepared by her sister, and Carolina’s name was subscribed to the book. She wrote or adapted nearly 100 songs and poems, thereby preserving many Scottish tunes. Without her, much of the Scottish musical heritage would have been lost.
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ANNIVERSARY September 11, 1297
Battle of Stirling Bridge In early September 1297, a mighty army arrived in Stirling to put down Scots resistance to English rule. The Scots allowed around half the invaders to advance across the narrow bridge over the Forth. Then William Wallace and the Scots swept forward.
THE Scots were encamped on the Abbey Craig, where the National Wallace Monument stands today. Their army was predominantly infantry armed with long spears, and was drawn mainly from the "lesser" ranks of society - not because the Scottish nobles completely resisted Wallace, but because many of them were being held captive in England. From the base of Abbey Craig, a causeway stretched for a mile across The River Forth's flood plain (roughly in line with the present day road between The Craig and the river). At the end of the causeway stood the bridge (lying 180 yards upstream from the 15th century stone that still crosses the river). It was wide enough to pass with only two horsemen abreast and the entire English army would have taken several John de Warenne delays his crossing hours to cross, after which they would for several days to allow for have to enter a confined narrow loop in negotiations, cocksure that the Scots the river, leaving their flank exposed to will choose peace over war in the light attack. All this before they were even of recent English victories and their ready to give battle. obvious military superiority. He is At dawn the English and Welsh surprised by their refusal to surrender infantry start to cross only to be recalled and on September 11 decides to force due to the fact that their leader, the crossing. Warenne, has overslept. Again they cross the bridge and again they are recalled as Warenne believes the Scots Earl of Surrey, Govenor in Scotland for might finally negotiate. Two Dominican Edward I of England, and spearhead friars are sent to Wallace to acquire his of his imperial ambitions north of the surrender and return soon after with border, he is confident of victory, William Wallace's first recorded whether by battle or negotiation. It has speech: "Tell your commander that we been four months since the rising of are not here to make peace but to do William Wallace and Andrew Murray battle, defend ourselves and liberate our began. kingdom. Let them come on, and we Near Stirling Castle he arrives at a shall prove this in their very beards." narrow, wooden bridge which crosses Warenne decides to advance. He is The River Forth. There, on the opposite advised to send a cavalry force bank is Wallace and Murray's army. upstream to The Ford of Drip in order Warenne delays his crossing for several to cover the infantry's crossing, days to allow for negotiations, cocksure however Edward's treasurer, Hugh de that the Scots will choose peace over Cressingham, intervenes, pointing out war in the light of recent English that too much of the king's money has victories and their obvious military already been wasted and insisting that superiority. He is surprised by their they cross at once to bring the campaign refusal to surrender and on September to a swift end. 11 decides to force the crossing. The Scots adopted a stout heart at the Wallace and Murray wait until more instigation of William Wallace, who than half the English army has crossed taught them to fight, so that those who the bridge before springing their trap. the English nation held as living The Scots spearmen rush down the captives might be made renewed Scots causeway. Those on the right flank in their own homeland. force their way along the river bank to John de Warenne marches north with the north end of the bridge, cutting off a huge force of cavalry and infantry. any hope of escape. Scots News Magazine August/September 2021
Trapped in a confined space with the river to their backs the English heavy cavalry is virtually useless. Only one group of English knights, under Sir Marmaduke Tweng, succeed in cutting their way back to the bridge. After they have crossed, Warenne, who has wisely stayed put, has the bridge destroyed and flees to Berwick. Over half the English army is left to its fate on the Scots side of the river. Those who can swim do so, the rest (over 100 men-at-arms and 5,000 infantry) are inevitably massacred. Many of them are Welsh, but among them is Hugh de Cressingham, Edward's hated tax collector, who had crossed first. On the Scots side, Andrew Murray is fatally wounded. He dies two months later and is buried at Fortrose Cathedral on Black Isle, north of Inverness. Victory brings the collapse of English occupation. Wallace, now Guardian of Scotland, goes on to devastate the north of England in the hope of forcing Edward to acknowledge defeat. Records show that 715 villages are burnt and many helpless people are no doubt slain. The cycle of brutality, started by Edward at Berwick, rolls remorselessly on. Until 1297 the heavily armed and mounted knight had been an invincible force on the battlefield. Stirling Bridge was the first battle in Europe to see a common army of spearmen defeat a feudal host. Only five years later a group of French knights was to go down to similarly-armed Flemish townsmen at The Battle of Courtrai. Stirling Bridge also destroyed the myth of English invincibility. The Scots had not defeated a major English army since the Dark Ages, but this victory seems to have strengthened their will to resist Edward I. However, the humiliation of losing to lowly Scots only strengthened Edward's determination - under a year later Wallace's Scots Army was defeated at The Battle of Falkirk. 7
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August 3, 1573 - Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange executed, after defending Edinburgh Castle on behalf of Mary Queen of Scots from May 1568 to May 1573. August 3, 1305 - William Wallace betrayed and handed over to the English. August 8, 1296 - King Edward I removed to England the Stone of Destiny on which generations of Scottish kings had been crowned. August 8, 1503 - King James IV married Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England. The marriage was known as the Union of the Thistle and the Rose. August 11, 1560 - Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy. August 14, 1040 - King Duncan I killed in battle at Pitgavney by Macbeth. August 15, 1057 - Macbeth killed in battle by Malcolm at Lumphanan. August 15, 1856 - Birth at Holytown of John Keir Hardie, coal miner and founder of the Labour Party. August 17/19, 1648 - Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I. Scots defeated by Cromwell, 2,000 killed, 8,000 captured and Hamilton surrendered on 25 August (and beheaded in March 1649). August 23, 1305 - William Wallace executed.
September September 1, 714 - Death of St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh (and Elgin). September 4, 1241 - King Alexander III born at Roxburgh. September 7, 1306 - Sir Simon Fraser, the “Scottish Patriot”, who fought alongside Wallace and Robert the Bruce, was executed by the English and his head displayed in London alongside that of Wallace. September 7, 1842 - Queen Victoria’s first visit to Edinburgh. September 9, 1513 - James IV and the flower of Scotland’s nobility were killed in battle at Flodden Field, near Branxton, in the English county of Northumberland. September 11, 1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace defeats Edward I. September 12, 1715 - Jacobites defeated government forces at Battle of Sheriffmuir. September 15 - St Mirren Day (patron saint of Paisley). September 21, 1722 - Minister, historian, playwright and tutor to the Prince of Wales, John Home born. After the first performance of his play “Douglas”, people asked “Whaur’s yer Wully Shakespeare noo?” September 21, 1745 - Charles Edward Stuart victorious at Battle of Prestonpans. The Jacobite army of just over 3,000 under Bonnie Prince Charlie heavily defeated the English Royal forces led by Sir John Cope. September 23, 1678 - The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed “Earl of Mar’s Gray Breeks” which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
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A generation of Scottish nobility slaughtered
ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF FLODDEN FIELD September 9, 1513 IN 1513, King Henry VIII of England invaded France as part of the War of the League of Cambrai or the War of the Holy League, a conflict that focused on Italy, but which involved most of Europe at one time or another. Scotland had a mutual defence treaty with France against England, known as the Auld Alliance, so King James IV of Scotland felt obliged to become involved. In line with his perception of the rules of chivalry at the time, he notified the English of his intention to invade, and a month later did so, quickly taking Norham Castle and a number of other English strongholds in Northumberland. The English raised an army under the Earl of Surrey which, though outnumbered by the Scots, hastened north to give battle. James had positioned his army on the strong defensive line of Flodden Edge. Surrey outflanked him to the east, crossing the River Till to take up positions to his north centred on the village of Branxton, which cut off the Scottish Army's lines of communication back to Scotland. James responded by moving his army a mile north from Flodden Edge to a lower ridge that still overlooked the English positions to their north. At 4pm on September 9, 1513, the English army was lined up along a low ridge centred on Branxton facing south, and the Scots were lined up along the higher ridge to the south, facing north. Between the two armies lay a valley of mostly marsh (which is today marked by a hedge and a stream). The battle began with an artillery duel. Most of the lighter Scottish artillery was on board the Scottish fleet, which was assisting the French against the English. The heavy Scottish guns that were being used had difficulty lowering their firing angles to target the English troops on the lower ridge opposite. The smaller and more maneuverable English guns easily picked off the Scottish guns and wreaked havoc on Scottish lines. In response, the left wing of the Scottish army advanced, doing consid-
in a battle that need not have happened Up to 10,000 Scotsmen died out of an army of 25,000. In one afternoon, Scotland lost its king, James IV, as well as an archbishop, two bishops, 11 earls, 15 lords and 300 knights. The English lost just 1,700 out of an army of around 20,000. Flodden memorial at the site of the battle
Most of the Scots were equipped with long pikes, which had proved very effective on the continent, but they had not had time to train properly in their use, and the morass on the valley floor made their users extremely vulnerable to the English infantry equipped with much shorter billhooks. erable damage to the right wing of their enemy. Seeing their success, the rest of the Scottish army surged down into the valley which was far marshier than the part crossed by the initial Scottish advance. The Scots rapidly became bogged down, unable to keep their formation or effectively attack the English. Most of the Scots were equipped with long pikes, which had proved very effective on the continent, but they had not had time to train properly in their use, and the morass on the valley floor made their users extremely vulnerable to the English infantry equipped with much shorter billhooks. It was here that the Scots suffered most of their casualties. The left wing of the Scottish army, having won their part of the battle, had withdrawn, perhaps assuming that their colleagues would have as little difficulty defeating the English as they had. The battle came to a halt as light
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started to fade after 6pm, and both sides withdrew in good order. The English commander, the Earl of Surrey, was unsure about the outcome of the battle until the following morning, when the piles of Scottish bodies, which included the Scottish monarch, revealed just how complete his victory had been. Branxton Church as the site of some burials after the battle. Many Scottish nobles are believed to have been taken to Yetholm (a small village in the Scottish Borders) for interment, it being the nearest consecrated ground in Scotland. Not only had the Scots lost, but they had lost to the English "B" team. Never again would any Scottish monarch believe it was possible to defeat an English army on the field of battle. Almost every noble family in Scotland lost a loved one at Flodden. The dead are remembered by the song and pipe tune Flowers of the Forest. 9
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHAT’S ON in AUGUST and SEPTEMBER
WHAT’S COMING UP
August 15 - St Andrew of Scotland (Qld) Darling Downs Branch 30th birthday celebrations. 0412 987 771
October 9 - Celtic Spectacular presented by Queensland Pops Orchestra at QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane. www.qpac.com.au
August 19 - 22 - Scots in the Bush at Boondooma Homestead www.boondoomahomestead.org.au
October 15 - Scotland The Brave Pipe Celebration Dinner at Fox and Hounds Country Inn at Wongawallan. 5665 7582
August - Toow oomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band 150th anniversary celebrations
November 30 - St Andrew ’s Day Dec ember 31 - H ogmanay
Small Pipe learning and playing held at Milton on the first Tuesday of each month from 7pm. Contact Malcolm on 3820 2902 or Ken on 3279 4093. Gaelic classes are held each month in Brisbane. Visit www.facebook.com/BrisbaneGaelic for details. Townsville and Thuringowah Pipe Band rehearse at the Thuringowah Sound Shell on Wednesday nights from 6.30pm. New members welcome.
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