August/September 2019
SCOTS NEWS magazine
SCOTS IN THE BUSH at historic Boondooma Homestead
BATTLE OF FLODDEN A generation of Scottish nobility slaughtered
Volume 9 Number 2
BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE The collapse of English occupation
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING fun and fitness for all ages
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THREE and a half miles southeast of the small burgh of Coldstream in the Scottish Borders, lies the English village of Branxton. On September 9, 1513 arguably one of the most important events in Scottish history took place, as Scottish and English armies met at Flodden, to the south of Branxton. The Church of St Paul was originally constructed in the medieval period and may stand on the site of an older timber church. During the days following the Battle of Flodden, it is believed that the church served as an infirmary during the afternoon of the battles and in the hours of darkness that followed. In subsequent days, it was used as a temporary mortuary and some sources suggest that Scotland’s King James IV’s body was laid in the church prior to being removed to Berwick and later to London. It was also used for English casualties of more senior rank, along with the bodies of Scottish nobles whose remains needed to be secured against battlefield scavengers. Their bodies were removed to Scotland in the days following the battle by groups of nuns from the Coldstream Priory. The church was extensively rebuilt in 1849. The Chancel arch is the earliest surviving element, dating back to the the 12th century.
PUBLISHING AND CONTACTS SCOTS NEWS magazine 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 DEADLINE FOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER ISSUE: September 10.
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FROM THE EDITOR
I ENJOY getting out from behind the keyboard and meeting up with Scots News Magazine readers (and book readers) at Scottish events. You are a wonderful bunch of warm, friendly people. I recently attended The Gathering at Ipswich in June where dozens of Scots News Magazine readers came up to say hello and tell me how much they enjoy the magazine. It is so lovely to be able to put a face to a name in an email. One reader told me that she and her husband planned a trip, based on the events calendar in Scots News, to connect up with all the Scottish events in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales. Several others told me that they use information in the magazine to take to meetings and to plan events for their various groups. A reader told me she bought The Undertaker series and couldn’t put it down, so she then bought the family saga series to keep her going. I am so pleased to be able to help promote Scottish organisations and events, and it gives me more energy when I hear such wonderful feedback from people. I was all set to pitch a tent at Tartan Day in King George Square in July but a serious bout of asthma and bronchitis kept me away. I hear it was a wonderful day. Thank you for your continued support. It is much appreciated.
CONTENTS
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Scots In The Bush at Boondooma Scottish Character Night Sounds of Scotland in Brisbane Calling All Frasers Highland Fling In Mackay Scottish Country Dancing Battle Of Stirling Bridge Give-away - Win one of 3 CDs Battle of Flodden Field Directory of Goods and Services Calendar of Events Signed Books for Father’s Day
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Congratulations to the prize winners in the JUNE/JULY GIVE-AWAY: Athol McCarthy, Jean Bailey and Carla Jorgensen
Scots News Magazine August/September, 2019
EVENTS WHEN the first Scots In The Bush event was held in 2010 to acknowledge the three Scotsmen who settled the area in 1846 and founded Boondooma Station, no one knew that it would grow bigger and more popular with each passing year. Brothers Robert and Alexander Lawson, and their friend Robert Alexander, arrived in the South Burnett with 100,000 sheep and took up leases covering 958 square miles. While the station no longer exists, each year in August over 800 caravanners and campers roll in to celebrate all things Scottish. Boondooma Homestead management committee secretary Judy Brandt said Scots In The Bush helps provide funds to expand and improve the homestead’s museum and grounds. “We see an increase in patrons and performers every year,” Ms Brandt said. “The weekend has become very popular on the Scottish festival calendar.” The fun kicks off on the Thursday evening with a Ceilidh before three days of entertainment. This year’s line-up includes Celtic Psychosis, The Clan, Celtic Crossover, Ishka, Tartan Time, Velcro, Brian Letton The Scottish Balladeer, Gervais Fullerton, Celtic
Thunder Oz as well as the Rum City Highland Dancers, Moreton Celtic Fiddle Club, Limerick Modern Celtic Band and Burdekin Celtic Dancers. The Address To The Haggis is performed over lunch on Saturday. Highland Games and foot races are held in the afternoon. The Clans will be well represented at the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan on Sunday morning, complete with music from Noosa and District Pipe Band and Dalby Thistle Pipe Band. “Scottish fare including Aberdeen sausage, Scotch eggs, and haggis, tatties and neeps will be available for purchase, together with favourites such as shortbread, Dundee cake, Highland scones, oatcakes and tablet,” Ms Brandt said. Admission cost for the weekend,
which includes, entry, bush camping and all entertainment, is $75 per person, with children under 14 years admitted free. For more information visit boondoomahomestead.org.au, phone Judy Brandt on 0427 364 026 or email judy.keith.brandt@bigpond.com. SCOTTISH? GOING BUSH? Download a copy of Murder In the Bush to your kindle or e-reader.
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EVENTS
Enjoy the Sounds of Scotland
Dress as your favourite
Scottish character
TOOWOOMBA Caledonian Society and Pipe Band Inc will host a Character Scottish Night at Drayton Memorial Hall on Saturday August 31. Guests are invited to dress as their favourite Scottish character and a prize will be awarded for the best outfit. It is rumoured that Mary Queen of Scots will be in attendance. There will be a Highland dancing display and Warwick Thistle Pipe Band will perform ahead of their appearance at the Tattoo in Sydney in October. Chris Laurenson will provide music for community dancing and all dances are called. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children over 13 and under-13s free. A cash bar will be available and guests are invited to bring a plate of food to contribute to supper. Enquiries to Marg on 0429 700 217.
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A Tattoo-worthy performance BRISBANE Boys College Pipe Band will present the Sounds of Scotland Concert:Amazing Grace at College Hall, Kensington Terrace Toowong in Brisbane on Saturday October 26 from 6pm. The band, which recently performed at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, will be joined on stage by local musicians and world-champion Highland dancers as well as the Queensland Police Pipes and Drums. The variety show will include the Address to the Haggis and various Brisbane Boys College music ensembles and groups. Food, drinks, a barbecue and Scottish stalls will be open from 4.30pm and again during interval. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for children and concessions, and are available from http://bit.ly/SoundsOfScotland2019. For more information contact band director Steven Stanley on 0400 953 126 or sstanley@bbc.qld.edu.au.
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NEWS/EVENTS
Calling all
Highland Fling in Mackay
Scottish harpist in Townsville
FRASERS
A COMMITTEE has been formed to re-establish an official Queensland Branch of the Clan Fraser Association of Australia. Spokesperson Bill McCord said membership is open to all who have connections to the Fraser name and tartans. “Whether Highlander or Lowlander, we are asking people with the names Fraser, Frazier, Frizzel, Saulton, Simpson and Sims, and all of that ilk, to reclaim their Scottish heritage,” Mr McCord said. To register your interest, send your name and phone number to williamfmccord@hotmail.com.
MACKAY and District Pipe Band will host the annual Mackay Bluewater Fling at the Bluewater Quay on the banks of the Pioneer River on Saturday August 31 from 2.30pm. The free outdoor event commences with a massed bands march across the Forgan Bridge at 3pm, followed by entertainment including pipe bands, medieval reenactors, Highland dancers, food stalls and children’s activities. If you have ever wanted to try blowing a set of bagpipes, or have a go at dancing the Highland Fling, this is your chance to join in the band’s anniversary celebrations. The event will be followed by a ceilidh at North Mackay Bowls Club. Phone 0408 877 806 or email pipemajor@mackaypipeband.com.au.
The Under t ak er p op ul ar at Tow nsvi l l e Cl ansm en ’s Cei l i d h TOWNSVILLE Scottish Community hosted the CLANSMEN’S CEILIDH in June. It was a night of wonderful music from Black Bear Duo, Iain McKenzie on accordion and Emma Nixon on fiddle, Ian Reid on small pipes, the vocal soundings of bass-baritone Brian Bisset and the skirl of bagpipes from RSL Memorial Pipes and Drums and Mackay and District Pipe Band. Townsville Scotish Country Dancing led the ceilidh dancing. There were lots of great raffle prizes up for grabs. Eunice Mullins (pictured) won a copy of Carmel McMurdo Audsley’s The Undertaker:Hallowed Halls.
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THE 29th Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) kicked off in Townsville on Friday July 26 and runs until Sunday August 4. Scottish harpist Ruth Wall makes her festival debut and will play three different types of harp including a Renaissance bray harp that she’s bringing with her from the UK as there wasn’t one available in Australia. For the festival she will be playing music by Ravel, Debussy, Fitkin, Highland pibroch and more. She is regarded as one of the UK’s leading harpists and also performs on lever harp, Gaelic wire strung harp and concert harp. The bray harp is not a sound modern ears have heard. Most early music groups with harps don’t use the period instrument, yet it was the standard European harp of the late medieval, renaissance and early baroque period, from the 15th century to the 1630s, and still used until the late 18th century. Although sometimes spelled ‘brae’ the bray harp gets its name from the Lshaped wooden pins at the base of the strings, positioned so the strings buzz against them as they vibrate. The effect was said to sound like a donkey’s bray. For further information visit https://www.afcm.com.au.
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NEWS
SPEAK to most Aussie Scots and they will proudly tell you of their Scottish lineage. In their wardrobes, they are likely to have some clan tartan (kilt, tie, or sash) and various other types of regalia. But ask them about what they do culturally, for example, Highland or Ceilidh dancing known as Scottish Country Dancing, playing the bagpipes, piano accordion or other traditional instruments, they will usually shake their heads. According to Desley ButtersWhitehouse from the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (Queensland) only a small percentage of Aussie Scots will take up these activities, yet dancing is available to everyone. “One of the easiest and simplest traditions of Scottish culture is to just dance,” Ms Butters-Whitehouse said. “As children we happily danced unrestrainedly to music, however as we progressed through school years and endured country dance classes and ballroom lessons, we became inhibited and declared we had two left feet and couldn’t dance. We forgot how to laugh at ourselves, have fun and move to the sound of music. “If you have ever had fun square dancing or bush dancing, you’ve already had a taste of Scottish Country Dancing. Many of those dances have their origins in Scottish Country Dancing.” Across the globe, Scottish folk dance to lively reels, jigs and smooth strathspeys and across Queensland Scottish Country Dancing is proving popular with people of all ages, with established clubs as far north as Atherton, on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and in Toowoomba. “There are numerous clubs in Brisbane including the recentlyformed Brisbane Reelers for young people, and the young at heart. It is targeted at providing an energetic night of simple dances with music provided by a Scottish fiddle band The Tartanics directed by Emma Nixon,” Ms Butters-Whitehouse said. “It’s all about fun, fitness and friendships. It’s not difficult to start
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Scottish Country Dancing popular across Queensland “If you have ever had fun square dancing or bush dancing, you’ve already had a taste of Scottish Country Dancing. Many of those dances have their origins in Scottish Country Dancing.”
REELY FUN: Dancers enjoying one of the very popular afternoon tea dances at Newmarket in Brisbane.
dancing, and it’s good for you. Studies undertaken by researchers in the United Kingdom and Canada have found that ‘the effect of the ageing process on locomotor-related activities in Scottish country dancers can potentially be delayed due to the routines which combine forwards and sideways movements with sideskipping, turning and hopping elements, all of which combat the deterioration of the nervous system’. If you can walk, you can dance. It can be taken up early in life and still provide plenty of enjoyment well after retirement.” No partners are needed and you don’t need special clothes or shoes to dance. “Come along by yourself or with a friend, to one of the many established groups of Scottish country dancers, or even start your own dance group,” Ms Butters-Whitehouse said. “The main requirement is 10 willing folk - perhaps your kith and kin would be happy to spend time with you learning the steps and formations. The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society holds social events that can help you to become confident to dance in public.”
For further information visit https://rscds.org.au/_mgxroot/ page_10793.html To learn more about the Brisbane Reelers group you can find them on Facebook https:// www.facebook.com/ BrisbaneReelers.
Learn Gaelic online SCOTTISH Gaelic will soon be added to the list of languages you can learn via Duolingo, the most popular language-learning platform and downloaded education app in the world, with more than 300 million users. The company’s mission is to make education free, fun and accessible to all. The addition of Scottish Gaelic to the website was inspired by the success of the Irish language course that launched in 2014. Within two years, 2.3 million people had started learning Irish. The course is currently being constructed with a completion date expected to be July 17, 2020. With people spending more time on their smartphones, Gaelic has become accessible to the world.
Scots News Magazine August/September 2019
ANNIVERSARY
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 today). It was wide enough to pass with only two horsemen abreast and the entire English army would have taken several hours to cross, after which they would have to enter a confined narrow loop in the river, leaving their flank dangerously exposed to attack. All this before they were even ready to give battle. At dawn the English and Welsh infantry start to cross only to be recalled due to the fact that their leader, Warenne, has overslept. Again they cross the bridge and again they are recalled as Warenne believes the Scots might finally negotiate. Two Dominican friars are sent to Wallace to acquire his surrender and return shortly afterwards with William Wallace's first recorded speech: "Tell your commander that we are not here to make peace but to do battle, defend ourselves and liberate our kingdom. Let them come on, and we shall prove this in their very beards." Warenne decides to advance. He is advised to send a cavalry force upstream to The Ford of Drip in order to cover the infantry's crossing, however Edward's treasurer, Hugh de Cressingham, intervenes, pointing out that too much of the king's money has already been wasted and insisting that they cross at once to bring the campaign to a swift end. The Scots adopted a stout heart at the instigation of William Wallace, who taught them to fight, so that those who the English nation held as living captives might be made renewed Scots in their own homeland. John de Warenne marches north with a huge force of cavalry and infantry.
Scots News Magazine August/September 2019
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.
John de Warenne delays his crossing for several days to allow for negotiations, cocksure that the Scots will choose peace over war in the light of recent English victories and their obvious military superiority. He is surprised by their refusal to surrender and on September 11 decides to force the crossing. Earl of Surrey, Govenor in Scotland for Edward I of England, and spearhead of his imperial ambitions north of the border, he is confident of victory, whether by battle or negotiation. It has been four months since the rising of William Wallace and Andrew Murray began. Near Stirling Castle he arrives at a narrow, wooden bridge which crosses The River Forth. There, on the opposite bank is Wallace and Murray's army. Warenne delays his crossing for several days to allow for negotiations, cocksure that the Scots will choose peace over war in the light of recent English victories and their obvious military superiority. He is surprised by their refusal to surrender and on September 11 decides to force the crossing. Wallace and Murray wait until more than half the English army has crossed the bridge before springing their trap. The Scots spearmen rush down the causeway. Those on the right flank force their way along the river bank to the north end of the bridge, cutting off any hope of escape.
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.
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ANNIVERSARIES IN SCOTTISH HISTORY August August 3, 1305 - William Wallace betrayed and handed over to the English. August 8, 1296 - King Edward I removed 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 10, 1872 - Education (Scotland) Act passed, providing elementary education for all children. August 11, 1560 - Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy.
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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 James Keir Hardie, coal miner and founder of the Labour Party. August 20, 1897 - Ronald Ross, the first Scot to win a Nobel prize (in 1902) dissected a mosquito and established the link with malaria. August 23, 1305 - William Wallace executed. August 25, 1819 - Birth in Glasgow of Alan Pinkerton, founder of the Chicago-based detective agency which bears his name.
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September 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 9, 1543 - Mary Queen of Scots crowned at Stirling Castle. September 11, 1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace defeats Edward I. September 11, 1700 - James Thomson, Scots author of Rule Britannia, born. September 21, 1745 - Charles Edward Stuart victorious at Battle of Prestonpans. Jacobite army of around 3,000, under Bonnie Prince Charlie, defeated English forces led by Sir John Cope.
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September 24, 1332 - Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, crowned at Scone. He was deposed by supporters of David II in December 1332, restored in 1333, deposed again in 1334, restored in 1335 and finally deposed in 1341.
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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 amongst 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-
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A generation of Scottish nobility slaughtered
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
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.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
WHAT’S ON in AUGUST and SEPTEMBER
A ug ust 15 to 18 - Scots In The Bush at Boondooma Homestead. Enquiries to Judy Brandt 0427 364 026 A ugust 26 - Quee nsland Hig hland Pipe rs Socie ty Piobaireachd Night at The Walrus Club at Toowong in Brisbane. All welcome, from beginners to gold medallists. www.qhps.org. August 31 - Toowoomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band Inc will host a Ceilidh at Drayton Hall. Phone 0429 700 217. August 31 - Bluewater Fling at Mackay hosted by Mackay and District Pipe Band. Contact 0408 877 806.
WHAT’S COMING UP October 5 - Clan Campbell presents a Braw Scot’s Night at New Farm in Brisbane. Tickets $95 from Peter on 0403 370 332 or Margaret on 3350 2876. November 30 - St Andrew’s Night hosted by Toowoomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band Inc. Phone 0429 700 217. November 30 - St Andrew’s Dinner hosted by RSL Memorial Pipes and Drums at Rydges Southbank Ballroom in Townsville December 1 - Hogmanay
Septe mbe r 7 - North Coast Re g ional Pipe Band Competition at Yandina. Contact 0488 777 081. 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.
INTERSTATE IN 2019 NEW SOUTH WALES October 17 to 19 - Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Sydney.
VICTORIA
DATE CLAIMERS IN 2020
August 31 - Comu nn G àidh lig B hioc tòir ia will host a Gael ic Imm ersi on Day at the Celtic Club in West Melbourne. Email scottishgaelicvictoria@gmail.com.
February 1 - Burns at Carlyle in Townsville. April 11 and 12 - South Queensland Regional Committee of Highland Dancing Inc Championships of Australia at Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre at Carrara. Visit www.sqrchdi.com
December 7 - Daylesford Highland Gathering at Victoria Park. www.daylesfordhighland.com.
SCOTTISH TUNES AND CONVERSATION ON THE RADIO Join Ron Tannock every Thursday night from 7pm to 9.30pm and every second Saturday from 9am to noon for the Sounds of Ireland (and Scotland), on Burnett River Radio 91.5FM broadcasting to Gayndah and Central Burnett region. Colin Nightingale hosts Acoustic Harvest every second Thursday night at 8pm on bayFM100.3. Enjoy ‘A wee bit o’ Scotland on Thursday’ on 4EBFM98.1 from 2.15pm to 4.30pm. Scottish Program on Global Digital Radio (4EB) each Sunday from 2pm to 3pm. Triple T 103.9 Townsville Community Radio’s Scottish Program each Sunday from 3pm to 5pm with Don MacDonald.
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