Committee
Neach-cathrach
Convenor
Ruaraidh MacAonghais - Sydney
Rod McInnes
Rod is from Taralga, on the Southern Tablelands of NSW, but now lives in Sydney. His family there has Moidart and Skye connections, while his wife’s family comes from the Black Isle. He was first a member of Comhairle Gàidhlig Albannach in 1982, whilst a student of the Gaelic teacher Mary Abel in Armidale, NSW. He has been a committee member of its successor, Comunn Gàidhlig Astràilia, since the mid-1990s, when he renewed his Gaelic studies with Angus MacKenzie at Caringbah. At that time he was a member of the Coisir Ghàidhlig Astràilia and participated with them in the 2000 Mòd in Dunoon. He is currently a member of Comunn Eachdraidh Mùideart and the Taralga Historical Society and has a keen interest in Gaelic history in Western Scotland and Australia. He writes an occasional Gaelic interest column for the Australasian Highlander magazine. He works during the day as an agricultural economist for a major water utility.
Ball Cumanta
Secretary
Barabal Crighton - Sydney
Barbara Crighton
Barbara is a retired librarian and book indexer. She became interested in Gaelic language and culture because of her ancestral ties. She now lives in the Blue Mountains. Barbara attends our cearcall most months.
Treasurer
Kristina Nicolson-Hunt
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Ordinary Member
Seonaidh MacFhraing - Melbourne
John Rankin
Seonaidh MacFhraing was the last Gaelic broadcaster at SBS Radio. He broadcast in Scottish Gaelic interviewing Gaelic speakers from all around the world over a period of 6 years. After SBS closed the Gaelic program he broadcast in Gaelic on Melbourne Radio 3ZZZ for 4 years. Though born in Australia he went to Scotland and Nova Scotia and stayed with Gaelic friends and relatives many times. He was the convenor for CGA in 2006.
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Ordinary Member
Sally McPhee - Brisbane
Sally McDubhsithe
A newcomer to learning Gaelic, it just shows that as a retired nurse you are never too late to learn! Sally's interest in the language springs from years of family history - her father's family on both sides were from the Kilmallie parish although it now covers areas in both Inverness and Argyll. The relationship between language and culture gave her the impetus to explore the language more. The gaelic workshop and exposure to the music, both traditional and contemporary, of her Scottish forebears she says, has made her an interested, if not very proficient gaelic speaker.
Neach-deasachaidh
Editor
Seumas Camshron - Canberra
James Cameron
James grew up in Bathurst and Sydney, and currently lives in Goulburn and works in Canberra. He has had an interest in Gaelic since his early teens, and as a 15 year old learnt Irish Gaelic at the Gaelic Club in Sydney, not knowing where he could learn Scottish Gaelic. When at university in Armidale, James was taught Gaelic by Mary Abel, a native speaker from Lewis, and did a Gaelic distance education course through Newcastle University. His Cameron forebears hail from the Lochaber region, and his McLennan grandmother's family came from the Ross & Cromarty Shire. He has lived in Scotland for a total of 18 months, and also has interests in Highland history and Scottish politics. Having been involved in Clan Cameron NSW since he was 13, he is keen to see more interest in Gaelic amongst the clan societies. James has participated in the Gaelic class in Canberra, and taught his own beginners class in Goulburn. In August 2010 James attended the Gaelic College on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Non-Committee Positions
Auditor
Alex Stewart
Webmaster
Kerry Taylor
Gaelic Editor
Katie Graham
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