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Name Fred Logan New Year's Day Scottish Gathering
Date January 1, 2009
Location  Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Description

 Family Day picnic with pipe bands, stalls & clan tents. 

This event participates in The Scots Heritage Society's Best Dressed Award. 
Organisers  

Contact Details

 07 5441 4238
Name Maryborough Highland Gathering
Date January 1, 2009
Location  Princes Park, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
Description Originated 1857. This one-day event celebrates the Scottish and Australian cultures. Activities include athletics events and the Maryborough Gift, highland dancing, highland pipe bands, brass bands, highland games, Australian Sheaf Tossing, concert bands, penny-farthing cycling, a street parade, an evening concert and a fireworks display.
Organisers  Maryborough Highland Society

Contact Details

 http://www.maryboroughhighlandsociety.com/
Name Australia Day Celtic Festival
Date January 26, 2009.  
Location Sydney, NSW, Australia
Description  
Organisers  
Contact Details 02 9968 1854
Name Berwick Highland Gathering
Date February 11, 2007
Location Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Description  
Organisers Rotary Club of Narre Warren
Contact Details
 Phone Contact Ross Chudleigh  039703-1161
Name Mt Barker Caledonian Society Highland Games
Date February 18, 2007 
Location Mt Barker near Adelaide, South Australia
Description  
Organisers
 Mt Barker Caledonian Society Inc.
Contact Details 08 8538 5518 or 0427 700 827
Name Ringwood Highland Games  
Date March 4,  2007 
Location Ringwood, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Description A full day of traditional games with pipe band and highland dancing competitions.  
Organisers  Ringwood Highland Games Inc. Sue MacLeod.
Contact Details Tel:03 9876 4140, Fax:03 9876 6593
Ringwood Games Home Page.
Name Geelong Highland Gathering
Date March 16, 2008
Location Queen's Park, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Description Traditional Highland Gathering - pipe bands, highland dance competition.
Organisers Geelong Highland Gathering Association Inc. 
Contact Details

PO Box 798 , 108 Gheringhap Street , Geelong , Victoria 3220   Phone 0253434276

www.geelonghighlandgathering.org.au
Name The Scots School Bathurst Highland Gathering
Date March 25, 2007  
Location The Scots School, O'Connell Road, Bathurst, NSW.
Description Pipe Bands, Scottish Country Dancing, Highland Dancing Competition. Stalls, Caber Toss.  Massed Pipe Band Spectacular.
Organisers The Scots School
Contact Details Band enquiries - David Carey, 02 6337 3192 or 0428 289 285.  Stall enquiries to Belinda Boshier, 02 6334 3424 or 0409 158 085
Name  Kapunda Celtic Festival
Date May 4-6 
Location Kapunda near Adelaide, South Australia
Description  
Organisers  
Contact Details www.kapundaceltic.org
Name Maclean Highland Gathering
Date March 21-22, 2008
Location Maclean, North Coast, NSW, Australia
Description Primarily a Pipe Band and Highland Dancing competition.  Small vendor and clans area.  Maclean is a delightful Australian country town on the Clarence River.  Many of the electricity poles have been decorated with tartan designs.
Organisers  
Contact Details
Name The Australian Federation Tattoo
Date April 6-7,  2007
Location Bendigo, Victoria
Description Pipe bands and performers from Australia and New Zealand
Organisers  
Contact Details www.theaustraliantattoo.com
Name Champion of Champion Championships of Australia
Date April 15-16
Location Mile End, South Australia
Description Champion of Champions Championship of Australia Highland Dancing Competition & supporting events
Organisers
 Mrs. Senga Knox, South Australian State Committee of Highland Dancing Inc.
Contact Details
Name Bundanoon Highland Gathering 
Date April 5, 2008
Location Bundanoon Oval , NSW Southern Highlands, Australia
Description Founded 1976. One of the world's largest Highland Gatherings, certainly the biggest in Australia. One-day festival with over 20 massed bands, excellent games, displays and Scottish activities.  Well worth a visit.  
Organisers Bundanoon Highland Gathering Committee Inc
Contact Details

P.O. Box 74, Bundanoon, NSW 2578, Australia. 

Tel: Stalls : 02 8250 6455. Bands: 0413 139 303.  Publicity 02 4883 7471 (answering service & fax).

 brigadoon@highlandsnsw.com.au   www.highlandsnsw.com.au/brigadoon

Name The Australian Celtic Festival
Date May 1-4, 2008
Location Glen Innes, Northern NSW, Australia
Description Site of the Australian Standing Stones
Organisers  
Contact Details www.australiancelticfestival.com
Name Bonnie Wingham Scottish Festival
Date June 1-3, 2007
Location Wingham, Manning Valley, NSW, Australia
Description Friday night Single Malt Whisky event.  Saturday Games on the Town Green.  Sunday breakfast, blessing and farewell.
Organisers  Manning Valley Historical Society
Contact Details Gayle or Don Cameron, Manning Valley Historical Society, 7 Farquhar Street, Wingham, NSW, 2429.  Tel: 02 6553 5118, email gndcam@bigpond.net.au
Name National Celtic Folk Festival
Date June 9-12  
Location Portarlington, Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Description Features the best of Celtic music, dance, art & literature in the cosiest of winter venues, with national & international performers & Celtic marketplace.
Organisers National Celtic Folk Festival Committee.
Contact Details http://users.pipeline.com.au/celtic/
Name Aberdeen Highland Games
Date July 5, 2008     (1st Saturday in July)
Location Aberdeen, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia.
Description Traditional Highland Games.  Make a weekend of it and enjoy the nearby Hunter Wineries. 
Organisers  
Contact Details www.aberdeenhighlandgames.com
Name Toodyay Highland Games
Date September 23-24
Location Toodyay, West Australia
Description  
Organisers  
Contact Details 09 574 4060
Name Wollongong Highland Games & Pipe Band Competition
Date October 14 
Location Dapto Showground, Princes Highway, Dapto.
Description Pipe Band competition, massed bands, Highland & Irish Dancing, Country dancing, Children's events, novelty events.  Stalls.  Ceilidh at Dapto Leagues Club in evening.(7.30pm-12.00)
Organisers Illawarra Pipe Band Games Committee.
Contact Details Charlie Taylor: 02 4262 2444, Tilly McIlvain: 02 4262 2588, James Bennis: 02 4284 3429. 
Name Glenbarr Highland Gathering
Date October 22
Location Strathalbyn, nr Adelaide, South Australia
Description  
Organisers  
Contact Details 08 8536 3948.
Name Combined Scottish Societies Highland Gathering
Date November 2, 2008
Location Castle Hill Showground, near Sydney, NSW, Australia. 
Description NSW State Pipe Band Championships (26 pipe bands in 2003.)  NSW State Highland Dancing Championships.  Traditional Highland Feats of Strength Trans-Tasman Challenge, traditional and fun games, clan and vendor tents.  
Organisers Combined Scottish Societies of NSW
Contact Details
The Secretary: 9823-9450  or email elcameo@yahoo.com and
            glenda@macfarlane.org
Date Beechworth Celtic Festival
Date November 7-9, 2008
Location Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
Description Two street parades, one early afternoon and one at dusk under candlelight escort.  The event will be held in the centre of Beechworth with the most anyone will pay being $2.00 donation.  Five pipe bands, three dancing groups (both Irish and Highland) and over ten bands/entertainers.
Organisers

This 3 day event is held annually on the second weekend of November, in historic Beechworth, North East Victoria . We will celebrate our Celtic past, present and future. Our festival offers a wide ranging Celtic experience to delight young and old. Check out our website for constant updates, event listings, volunteer information and ticket pricing. See stirring pipe bands, street parade, musicians from near and far, Irish and Scottish dance troupes, comedy, workshops for your enjoyment or participation, sessions, street stage, live music in concert or more intimate surrounds, a Celtic Mass to be held in conjunction with the north east Celtic Pilgrimage. Join us in dance, music, drama, myth, mayhem and all things Celtic in Beechworth this November. Come along and dress the part, we look forward to seeing you. 
Contact Details

www.beechworthcelticfestival.com.au

info@beechworthcelticfestival.com.au

Name Sydney Scottish Week 
Date November 2 - December 2  2008
Location Various locations in and around Sydney, NSW.
Description  
Organisers Scottish Australian Heritage Council in conjunction with the Sydney Society for Scottish History.
Contact Details Scottish Australian Heritage Council
Name  Daylesford Highland Gathering
Date December 1-2
Location Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Description Highland Dancing & Pipe Band competitions.
Organisers  
Contact Details 03 5348 2001