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LETTER FROM WILLIAM WALLACEsurvives over 700 years

October 2016

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AUSTRALIAN PIPERhits the UK charts

WORLD PORRIDGE DAYmore than oats, water and salt

CELTIC FESTIVALa family affair

Win concert tickets and CDs!

FRONT COVER PHOTO

THE Festival of Samhain, orwhat is now known asHalloween, is a great

opportunity for tour companiesin Scotland to take

unsuspecting tourists and chillseekers to old castles and scare

them witless. JedburghCastle in the Scottish Borders- a medieval castle and formertown gallows - is said to house

the ghosts of the jailor andsome prison inmates. On darknights (of course) the refrain ofa lone piper is said to be heard

coming from behind theboundary wall. Culzean Castlein Ayrshire also has a ghostlypiper who is reputed to havebeen searching caves beneath

the castle when hedisappeared, and he too can be

heard of stormy nights.

FROM THE EDITOR

CONTENTS

SCOTS NEWS magazineis an independent publication for Scots in Queensland.

The magazine is published monthly and distributed on the first of the month.EDITOR AND PUBLISHER: Carmel McMurdo Audsley. EMAIL: [email protected].

COPYRIGHT: All stories appearing in the magazine are written by the editor unless otherwise stated andare subject to copyright laws. Stories may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the editor.

DEADLINE FOR NOVEMBER ISSUE: October 20.FRONT PAGE PHOTO: Jedbugh Castle in the Scottish Borders which once housed prisoners, and is now home to ghosts.

September winnerSCDs from .North Cregg .Barbara Dickson.Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre

.Fraser and Ian Bruce

Christine Flegg, ThornesideMarion Atkinson, Bunya

Don Watson, EskAndy Mackay, Mt Tamborine

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Letter from Wallace Survives 7

Competition - Win CDs 8

Famous Scots in Oz 9

Letters to the Editor 10

Goods and Services 11

Calendar of Events 12

Carmel

Halloween? Turn it up!

Piper at QPO Concert 3

Win Concert Tickets 3

Celtic Festival at Helidon 4

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 5

Sounds of Scotland 5

World Porridge Day 6

EVERY year, some anonymous person inour neighbourhood leaves a note in all theletterboxes telling us that Halloween isapproaching, that it is an Americantradition that has just caught on inAustralia and that children will beknocking on our doors wanting ‘candy’.Every year, I want to find this person andexplain to him or her that we do know thatHalloween is always celebrated on October31 (but thanks for the reminder) and that the tradition ofentertaining for sweets, or trick or treating for candy, did notoriginate in America. The Celtic year was determined by thegrowing seasons. The festival of Samhain (sah-win) marked the endof the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the darker halfof the year. It also symbolised the boundary between the world ofthe living and the world of the dead - October 31 is also known asAll Souls Day. Bonfires and neep lanterns with a candle inside aresupposed to ward off evil spirits, for as we know from Robert Burns’poem Halloween it’s all about the supernatural, witches, spirits andfire. No matter where it is celebrated, Halloween is just a bit of funfor kids to get dressed up and take home a swag of sweets, but it’sgood to reflect on how the seasons, and people’s belief in thesupernatural, once ruled their lives. Many traditions, sadly, are fastdisappearing from our lives. As well as CDs we have tickets to winto the latest Queensland Pops Orchestra concert in Brisbane - seepage 3 for details and get in early. Til next month.COMPETITION

EVENTS

Scots News October, 2016 3

PIPERS AND DRUMMERS WANTEDfor

Pipes and DrumsNational Servicemen’s Memorial Band Inc

The band practises at Gallipoli Army Barracks in Brisbane on Wednesdaynights from 6.30pm to 9pm. You do not have to be an ex-service person to

become a member of the band. Players of all levels, including learners,would be welcome. Uniforms and tuition are provided free of charge.

Contact Pipe Majors John on 0425 824 299 or Ian on 0413 610 575.

Queensland Symphony Orchestrafor the ANZAC Centenary in2015. This moving piece of musicrecently caught the attention ofone of Scotland’s most successfulfolk/rock groups, The Red HotChilli Pipers, who have enjoyedconsiderable success on the UKpop music circuit. They decidedto join forces with the FireDepartment of New York (FDNY)pipe band to record a single inrecognition of the 9/11anniversary. Scottish piper WillieArmstrong, who retired from theScottish Fire and Rescue Service inMarch this year, paired up withFDNY fire-fighter and pipe majorJimmy Lee in Scotland last month

AUSTRALIAN piper andcomposer Roddy MacDonald willhave good reason to celebrate atthe much-anticipated Best Of ThePops concert this month. In addition to his official role asLone Piper for the conclusion ofthe 2016 world-renowned RoyalEdinburgh Military Tattoo – aposition normally reserved forholders of the British Army’s PipeMajors Certificate – Roddy wasalso invited to become Pipe Majorof the Tattoo’s resident Pipes andDrums (Pipers Trail). Roddy is the first Australian tobe the official Lone Piper for theEdinburgh Tattoo’s TelevisionNight, which is broadcast eachyear on BBC Television. Hisperformance at this prestigiousevent has been captured forposterity – it has already beenreleased on DVD in Britain, andwill be screened in Australia bythe ABC later this year. A composer as well as aperformer for the past forty-plusyears, Roddy’s compositions havebeen played by symphonyorchestras all over the world(including Brisbane’s QueenslandSymphony Orchestra andQueensland Pops Orchestra), aswell as by pipe, folk and rockbands both in Australia andinternationally. One of his morerecent works, The Fallen , wasoriginally written to remember theAustralian soldiers who lost theirlives in battle in Afghanistan andIraq. The Fallen was firstperformed in Brisbane by the

to record Roddy MacDonald’s TheFallen (renamed 343 The Fallen, inmemory of the 343 fire officerswho lost their lives in the WorldTrade Centre on September 11,2001). The single has already shotto Number Two on the iTunescharts in the UK, and the BBCvideo clip that accompanies thetrack has had over 1.8 millionviews, just in the first week ofrelease. Money raised from this singlewill be divided between theScottish Fire and Rescue FamilySupport Trust and The FDNYPipes and Drums. Roddyhappened to be in the UK whenthe final touches of the 343 TheFallen recording were being made.He is honoured to be guestperformer on both the recordingand the accompanying videorelease. This year marks the tenthanniversary of Roddy’sappointment as the official piperof the Governor of Queensland.He is also Pipe Major of theQueensland Police Pipes andDrums, and a Captain in theAustralian Army Reserve. Roddy MacDonald will be aspecial guest artist for theQueensland Pops Orchestra’sshowcase concert series, Best OfThe Pops, at QPAC on SaturdayOctober 8 at 2.30 and 7.30 p.m.Bookings to www.qpac.com.au.

~Chris Patrick

Australian piper and composer’s tributeto the fallen enjoys UK chart successRoddy MacDonald to perform at QPO Concert

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EVENTS

fun and cultural experiencesfor the whole family

CHILDREN can learn a lot abouttheir heritage as well as havingfun at the Celtic Festival ofQueensland to be held in RailwayStreet Helidon (about 100 km westof Brisbane) on SundayNovember 6. The event is hosted by the CelticHistorians Association Inc whichaims to conduct study andresearch and help educate futuregenerations about the history ofCeltic ancestry. Theorganisation’s secretary, TonyWilliams, said the festival attractsa lot of families. “The major focus with thefestival is the children whoattend,” Mr Williams said. “Wehave free children’s workshops,children’s activities, children’stheatre, dance demonstrationsand children’s musical groups. “The festival is a good old-fashioned street festival where weget to close the whole street andhave stallholders set up on bothsides.” The festival kicks off at 10m with

a massed pipes display whichleads into a program of live musicand dancing on the centre stageuntil 3pm. “We have Highland Gamesactivities at the start of the day anda medieval re-enactment groupwith a static display and swordfighting displays, as well as afighter school for anyone whowants to have a go.” The Glencoe Medieval Re-enactment Group showcasesweaponry, clothing, food andfeasting and the history of skillsand people from 900 to 1599AD. Visit the Celtic Festival ofQueensland Facebook page forfurther information.

In the Celtic Villagearea there will be avariety of displaysincluding a knight’s

fighter school.


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Go back to atime when fear

andsuperstition,

and the powerof the kirk,

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The familymoved to theminers’ rows.

Men faceddaily dangers

deep below theground.

Women raisedlarge familiesin two-roomhouses and

watched theirchildren die.

The family isinvolved in twoworld wars and

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When a youngman emigratesto Australia, heleaves behindhundreds of

years of familyhistory to start

a new life.

Take a trip backto the cobbled

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vaults ofEdinburgh asyou follow a

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EVENTSDIRECT from Edinburgh, theWorld Famous Pipes and Drumsof The Royal Scots DragoonGuards will be touring Australiain October and November. A star military band as featuredon the Royal Edinburgh MilitaryTattoo will feature 25 musicians,dancers and singers in fullceremonial uniform live on-stage.Continuing the celebrations of HerMajesty the Queen’s 90thBirthday, the band will perform aseries of special concerts in capitalcities and major regional centres. The Pipes and Drums of TheRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards willperform classic pipe tunes alongwith modern arrangements andgive an insight into the talent andstature of this great Scottish band.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Australia

Brisbane audiences can see themperform at the Concert Hall,Queensland Performing ArtsCentre on Wednesday October12. Bookings to qpac.com.au.Check with your local theatre forperformances times and bookingsin regional centres.

Sounds of Scotland atBrisbane Boys College

BRISBANE Boys’ College PipeBand will join with localmusicians and dancers topresent the Sounds of Scotlandvariety concert at the CollegeHall, Kensington TerraceToowong on Friday October 14from 7pm. Enjoy the Address to theHaggis, food, drinks andScottish stalls prior to theconcert from 5.30pm. For further information contactStevie Stanley [email protected].


Witchburnings

RobertBurns

Influenceof

the kirk

ANNIVERSARIES INSCOTTISH HISTORY

October 3, 1357 - Treaty of Berwick,freeing David II from imprisonmentby the English.

October 3, 1594 - Battle of Glenlivet,George Gordon, Earl of Huntly,defeated a Royalist force under 7thEarl of Argyll.

October 10, 1802 - The EdinburghReview first published “to erect ahigher standard of merit, and securea bolder and purer taste inliterature, and to applyphilosophical principles and themaxims of truth and humanity topolitics”.

October 11, 1297 - Letter fromWallace and Moray to the mayors ofLubeck and Hamburg saying that“The Kingdom of Scotland has, byGod’s Grace, recovered by battlefrom the power of the English”.

October 13, 1644 - Battle ofAberdeen, James Graham, 1stMarquess of Montrose, sacked thecity.

October 14, 1633 - Birth at St James’Palace, London of King James VII,second son of King Charles I andbrother of King Charles II.

October 16, 1430 - King James IIborn.

October 17, 1346 - Battle of Neville’sCross during which King David IIwas captured by the English.

October 19, 1687 - First sedan chairsavailable for public hire introducedto Edinburgh.

October 22, 1877 - A firedampexplosion at Blantyre Colliery killed207 miners.

October 28, 1562 - Battle ofCorrichie, Earl of Moray defeatedCatholic Gordons of Huntly whowere attacking Aberdeen.

October 28, 1794 - Birth of RobertListon in Linlithgow who was tocarry out the first operation inBritain with the aid of ananaesthetic.

NEWS FRAE SCOTLAND

THE little village of Carrbridge,below the MonadhliathMountains, is part of the scenicCairngorms National Park.Famous for its 18th centurypackhorse bridge, the RiverDulnain snakes its way throughthis picturesque village beforeemptying into the River Spey. For the past 23 years it has alsobeen famous as the home of theannual World Porridge MakingChampionship which drawscompetitors from across the globeto compete for the Golden Spurtletrophy (below right). On Monday October 10, WorldPorridge Day, competitors from allwalks of life will gather inCarrbridge to create new andinteresting recipes using oats asthe staple ingredient. While thetrophy is much sought after, thereis a serious side to thecompetition. From a tin shed in the Argyll areaof the Scottish Highlands, acharity is making a difference insome of the poorest countriesacross the globe by feeding needychildren. Mary’s Meals provides dailyschool meals for over one millionhungry children, 400,000 ofwhom live in Malawi in south-

World Porridge Daymore than just oats, water and salt

east Africa. The provision of adaily meal attracts children to theclassroom where they can gain abasic education that can providean escape route from poverty. World Porridge Day is a majorfundraising event for Mary’sMeals so that they can continue toprovide a daily mug of maize-based ‘likuni phala’ (similar toporridge) to these disadvantagedchildren. For further information about thecharity visit marymeals.org.ukand to see past porridge-makingcompetition winners visitwww.goldenspurtle.com.


ANNIVERSARY

Andrew de Murray and William Wallace, leaders of the armyof the kingdom of Scotland, and the community of the samekingdom, to their worthy, discreet and beloved friends themayors and communes of Lübeck and Hamburg, greeting,and increase always of sincere friendship.

It has been intimated to us by trustworthy merchants of thesaid kingdom of Scotland that you by your own goodwill aregiving counsel, help and favour in all causes and businessconcerning us and our merchants, although our merits hadnot deserved this, and therefore all the more are we boundto you to give you thanks and a worthy recompense, to dowhich we are willing to be obliged to you; and we ask youthat you will make it be proclaimed amongst your merchantsthat they can have secure access to all ports of the kingdomof Scotland with their merchandise since the kingdom ofScotland, thanks be to God, has by arms been recoveredfrom the power of the English. Farewell.

Given at Haddington in Scotland on the 11th day of Octoberin the year of grace one thousand two hundred and ninetyseven.

We request moreover that you will see fit to forward thebusiness of John Burnet and John Frere, our merchants, justas you wish us to forward the business of your merchants.Farewell. Given as before.

October 11, 1297Letter from William Wallace

sent to the Mayorof Lubeck in Germany

ONE of the few relics remaining ofScotland’s great hero WilliamWallace is a letter he sent after thevictory over the English at thebattle of Stirling Bridge, to themayor of Lubeck inviting Germanmerchants to begin trading directlywith Scotland, since the ports wereno longer under English control. Originally thought to have beendestroyed in World War II, theletter was found intact in a Lubeckmuseum and, after somecampaigning, it has been given tothe Museum of Scotland ‘on loan’. The ‘Lubeck letter’, as it hasbecome known, was discoveredpreserved in the Lubeck archives inthe 1820s. In 1942, Lubeck (on theBaltic coast of Germany) wasattacked by Allied aircraft. As aresult, the town’s archives,including the letter, were moved toa salt mine for safety. At the endof the war, the Soviet army tookthe papers east. The archives werelater handed over to the archiveadministration of East Germany,but the medieval documents werenot among the records. It wasassumed that they had been lost.In the 1970s, Lubeck documentswere found in the archives of theUSSR. In 1990, after somenegotiation, the town’s medievalrecords, including the letter fromWallace, were returned to Lubeck. The front of the seal on the letterbears the lion rampant, atraditional emblem of the Scottishmonarchy. The back of the sealshows a bow and string with aprotruding arrow held by tworingers which is thought to beWilliam Wallace’s own seal, and isthe only impression known to exist.The design suggests that hepractised archery. There is debate about whether theletter should reside in Scotland orwith the people of Lubeck.

Dr Alan Borthwick from the National Records ofScotland translated the letter in 2012.

Letter from William Wallacesurvives over 700 years


COMPETITIONTO win one of FOUR CDs from the John Hocknull Collection, simply choose the CD you

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CD: TOGAIDH MI MO SHEOLTA (Along the Road Less Travelled)

ARTIST: Margaret Stewart

CATEGORY: Gaelic Song RELEASED: 2008

15 TRACKS: A Phiuthrag ‘S A Phiuthar * An Domhnalolach Urramach * Chaidh An Dileag Ud Nam Cheann * ThaMi Sgith ‘N Fhogar Seo * Feill Nan Crann * Blar Na H-Eaglaise Brice * A Bhainis A Bha ‘N Ciostal Odhar * Saoil AnTill Mi Chaoidh * Aban An T-Seasganaich * Co Leis An Crodh Druim-Fhionn Ud Thall,‘S Fheudar Dhomh Bhith Beo *Cumha Aonghais Mhic Taghnaill Oig Na Ceapaich * Aran ‘Twinkle’ * Laoidh A Chon Duibh * O Thug ‘Ad Bhuam Thu* Clann Domhnaill An Cogadh Righ Tearlach I, 1644-45 * Togfaidh Me Mo Shealta.

ABOUT: Margaret hails from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The album includes an ancient walking song, an Ossianic ballad, aJacobite epic, humourous songs from Lewis and Uist, love songs, a MacDonald praise song, lullaby, two emigrants songs and much more.

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13 TRACKS: *Borderland * The Mosstrooper’s Lament * The Long and Lonely Winter * The Winter it is Past *The Laird of Udny * Lassie o’ The Morning * Joy of My Heart * Ettrick * Mallie Leigh * The Final Trawl* The Boatie Rows * The Last Leviathan * Rolling Home.

In 1985 Scottish folk singer Archie Fisher and instrumentalist Garnet Rogers teamed up to tour Canada and America. The tour was a hugesuccess and the recorded concert tracks feature on this CD. Combines the best of Archie’s vocal and songwriting talents with Garnet’sinstrumental accompaniment.

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CATEGORY: Groups RELEASED: 2011

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ARTIST: Various

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ABOUT: Featuring the guitar playing of Tony Cuffe, Jack Evans, Dick Gaughan, Rob MacKillop, Tony McManus (with Alain Genty and SoigSiberil), Brian McNeill and Innes Watson. The aim of this album project was to record guitar tracks by some of Scotland’s finest exponents ofthe instrument.

13 TRACKS: John Riley * Banks Of Newfoundland * Smiling Tears * Lionel’s Farewell * Darcy And Erin’s *The Mermaid * Terror Time * Guntmar’s Stolen Gummistiefel * The Whaler’s Song * The Bogend Hairst * LambsAnd The Green Hills * Silent Majority * Dreams Of Darien.

ABOUT: Traditional music as well as original songs and tunes from this dynamic young five-piece led by singer Paul McKenna. Their excitingsound is created through outstanding vocals, driving guitar and bouzouki, intense fiddle playing, a warm pairing of flute and whistles, anddynamic bodhrán and percussion. Their first album (self-titled) won them Best Up And Coming Artist Of The Year at the Scots Trad MusicAwards in 2009, and received critical acclaim.


MORE PRIZES! Brisbane readers can win concert tickets - see page 3 for details.

FAMOUS SCOTS IN OZ

BORN: June 1798at Fife, Scotland

DIED: February 20, 1872in Queensland, Australia

FAMOUS FOR:being an architect, builderand convict administrator

and the father of Brisbane’sfirst mayor

Andrew

HE WAS A TALENTED BUILDER AND ARCHITECT WHO WAS INVITED TOAUSTRALIA AS A FREE SETTLER AND HELPED BUILD THE CITY OF

BRISBANE. HIS SON WAS THE CITY’S FIRST MAYOR.

FAST FACTS

PETRIE

ANDREW Petrie was born inFifeshire, Scotland in 1798 andtrained as an architect and builderin Edinburgh. He set up his ownbusiness and in 1831 was one ofthe Scottish mechanics brought toSydney on the Stirling Castle byJohn Dunmore Lang as thenucleus of a new force of freeworkers. He accepted a post as a clerk inthe Ordnance Department inSydney, and when there was anurgent appeal from Moreton Bayfor a competent builder to repaircrumbling structures, Petrie wassent there as a clerk of works. His first important task was torepair the mechanism of thewindmill which had neverworked. His general duty was thesupervision of prisoners engagedin making necessities such as soapand nails, and in building. His work took him to severalconvict outposts and gave him ataste for travel and exploration.His private journeys soon addedto knowledge of the immediateenvirons of the settlement. When the convict station wasremoved in 1839, Petrie saw theopportunity of building a freecommunity, and he and his familyremained to contribute to its

formation. He was able to pursuehis interests as a builder andarchitect. He was the first white man toclimb Mount Beerwah, one of theGlass House Mountains seen byJames Cook in Queensland, andwas also the first to bring backsamples of the Bunya pine tree. In 1842, with a small party in aboat, he discovered the Mary Riverand brough back to the settlementtwo ‘wild white men’, James Davisor’Duramboi’ and DavidBracewell or ‘Wandi’. Petrie lost his eyesight in 1848,because of inefficient surgery afteran attack of sandy blight, but hekept control over his business andwas still able to design ferrylandings and a bridge overBreakfast Creek. When planswere explained to him, he orderedthe necessary quantities ofmaterial and was even able tocheck the performance of hisbuilding workers - he used hiscane if he was not satisfied withtheir work. Together with his wife MaryCuthbertson (whom he married inEdinburgh in 1821) he had ninesons and one daughter. Withadvancing years he handed overmore and more control to his eldest

son, John Petrie, who became firstmayor of Brisbane. His fourth son,Thomas, gained much knowledgeof the Aboriginal tribes and theircustoms and languages. The Petries’ house was one of thesocial centres of Brisbane andreadily offered accommodation tosquatters coming from theoutback, especially in the daysbefore Brisbane had inns. AndrewPetrie was known for hisgenerosity to people who weredown on their luck and wasalways willing to help out withfood and work. Petrie Bight, Petrie Terrace, thesuburb of Petrie and PetrieMansions are all named afterAndrew Petrie and his sons.

PHOTOS: Andrew Petrie (above) andAndrew Petrie’s house at the corner ofQueen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane,circa 1859 (below).



LETTERS

SCOTS NEWS welcomes your letters and comments.

Send emails to the editor at [email protected]

I was in Edinburgh for this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattooand it didn’t disappoint. I’ve always loved the pageantry of thepipes and drums and dancers and vocalists, but with all the addedtechnical wizardry and fireworks it is an event that is something outof this world. As a third generation Scot living in Australia, andwhile I have visited Scotland before, I’ve only ever seen the Tattoo ontelevision - what a dream to be there in the crowd and witness thisspectacle. If any of your readers have this on their bucket list, I urgethem to make it a reality. It’s well worth the effort.Mark Sayers, Spring Hill

YOUR story about the miningdiaster at Knockshinnoch inNew Cumnock in Scotland is atimely reminder for us all to stopand remember the nation’shistory. Scotland relied heavilyon the mining industry in the18th and 19th centuries and theconditions in which some of theearly miners worked wereinhumane. When a tragedy likethis happens, with so many liveslost and others mentally andphysically scarred for life, it isnot just the people immediatelyinvolved but their families andthe whole community that feelthe loss. We must remember andhonour those who have gonebefore us so that we can fullyappreciate the freedom andsafety we have now in our lives.Peter Finlayson, Bundabergformerly of Muirkirk, Scotland(Well said, Peter. If you talk toanyone in New Cumnock todaymany will have relatives who werelost or injured in the mining cavein. My father worked atKnockshinnoch - he sailed forAustralia in April 1950 and thedisaster happened in September ofthat year. You may be interested toread my books Ours, Yours andMines and Far Across The Seawhich are set in the miningcommunities in and aroundMuirkirk and New Cumnock. Ed.)

KNOCKSHINNOCHREMEMBERED

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IT never ceases to amaze mehow many famous people andinventions originated inScotland. I enjoy your Scots inOz section every month andmarvel at the many Scots whobrought their ingenuity andcourage to Australia to helpbuild it into the great nation thatit is today. But to read in yourlatest magazine that comedianStan Laurel grew up in Glasgow(Comedy legend grew up inGlasgow, Scots News MagazineSeptember 2016) was certainly asurprise. While he was born inEngland, his formative yearswere spent in Scotland so wecan claim his as one of oor ain!Dominica Gray, Geebung

JUST wanted to let you knowthat I enjoyed my trip under thestreets of Edinburgh in yourbook The Undertaker. I knew alot of the places you mentioned.Alan McCord, Tweed Heads

UNDERGROUND STORY

ON a recent trip to Glasgow Ivisited the Glasgow Women’sLibrary and saw this beautifulold umbrella stand which is saidto have been painted bysuffragettes being held in anearby prison. The library isdevoted to women’s history. Ithought your readers might beinterested to have a look at it.Margaret Allardice, Mackay

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SCOTTISH TUNES AND CONVERSATION ON THE RADIOJoin 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.

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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.

November 6 - Celtic Festival of Queensland at Helidon.Massed pipe bands, highland games and medieval re-enactmentdisplays. Free event. Enquiries to 0408 889 841.

November 30 - St Andrew’s Day

December 31 - Hogmanay

2017January 25 - Robert Burns birthday.

June 24 - anniversary of Battle of Bannockburn.

August 17 to 20 - Scots in the Bush at BoondoomaHomestead.

October 8 - Queensland Pops Orchestra presents Best ofthe Pops featuring pipe major Roddy MacDonald and a Celticcelebration at the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts CentreBrisbane at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Bookings to qpac.com.au. **Wintickets**

October 10 - World Porridge Day.

October 12 - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards will perform atthe Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane andthroughout Queensland in October. Further information forBrisbane from www.qpac.com.au. Visit your local theatre forperformance times and details.

October 14 - Sounds of Scotland Concert presented byBrisbane Boys’ College Pipe Band at Toowong in Brisbane. Tickets$16. Enquiries to Steven Stanley on 0400 953 126 or [email protected].

October 16 - South Queensland Highland DancingChampionships at Bracken Ridge State School, Barfoot St, BrackenRidge. Enquiries to 0438 510 890.

October 31 - Samhain Festival, also known as Halloweenand All Souls’ Day.

Gaelic classes are held each month in Brisbane. Visitwww.facebook.com/BrisbaneGaelic for details.

INTERSTATE IN 2016

VICTORIAOctober 29 and 30 - Battle of Bannockburn TimelineFestival to be held in Bannockburn Australia featuring 300 re-enactors. visit www.timeline.org.au.


CALLING ALL BUCHANANSIn 2016 Clan Buchanan will celebrate

its 1000th year since formation!Contact Qld Regent, Marie Gibson

Ph 0413 456 542 - [email protected] register on the Clan Buchanan Oceania

website http://clanbuchanan.spruz.com

CANBERRAOctober 8 - Canberra Highland Gathering from 10am to5pm at Kambah Oval, Kett Street, Kambah. Entry is free. Emailenquiries to [email protected] or visit http://canberragathering.com.au

INTERSTATE IN 2017NEW SOUTH WALESBundanoon is Brigadoon - 40th Highland Gathering featuringScots/Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes as Chieftan.www.brigadoon.net.au.

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