| Victoria - Geelong |
Geelong Highland Gathering 2 day event
Sat 17th and Sun 18th March 2012
held at Geelong Showgrounds, Breakwater, Geelong
See www.geelonghighlandgathering.org.au
For enquiries email: secretary@geelonghighlandgathering.org.au
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| NSW - North Sydney |
North Sydney Celtic Australia Day
Thurs 26 January 2012 9am - 5.15pm
Bradfield Park, Milsons Point
For information see Celtic Council of Australia |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Macquarie University School of Ancient Languages
3-13 January 2012
Scots Gaelic Beginners Course. See http://www.anchist.mq.edu.au/mals.html or phone 02 9850 9962 |
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| NSW - Rydalmere |
Australian Gaelic Singers Ceilidh
Sunday 4th Dec 2011
1:30 for 2pm
Rydalmere NSW
See flyer for booking details |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Scottish Australian Heritage Council Kirking of the Tartan and Clan March
27 Nov 2011
Hyde Park Sydney
See http://www.scottishaustralianheritagecouncil.com.au/Calendar.htm for details. |
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| NSW - Castle Hill |
Combined Scottish Societies Highland Gathering
6 Nov 2011
Castle Hill Showground 9am - 5pm
Details: Highland Gathering |
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| Scotland - Highlands |
Blas 2011 -
Moladh na Gàidhealtachd
9 -17 Sultain (9-17 September)
Inverness
See http://www.blas-festival.com/ for more details. |
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| ACT - Canberra |
Sgoil-Earraich Nàiseanta (National Spring School) 2011
2nd- 4th September
ANU Canberra
Our Sgoil-Earraich Nàiseanta (National Spring School) for 2011 will be held from 2nd- 4th September at ANU in Canberra with accommodation at University House where we have stayed for the last two sgoils. Click here for more details and online payments, or download flyer for details and booking form. |
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| Buckie, Moray, Scotland |
Gaelic Acquisition Course for learners at every level.
July 2011
This is a 25 day course and is conversation only. Maximum class size 15.
For details contact :
Finlay MacLeod,
11 Campbell Street,
Port Essie, Buckie,
Moray AB56 1TJ Scotland UK
email - finlay@ti-plus.co.uk
phone - home +44 1542 836322
mobile - +44 7789 926934 |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Scottish Week
24 June - 2 July 2011
Sydney
Featuring several lectures on Scottish history to be given by Dr Alex Woolfe. For further information and booking form visit http://www.scottishaustralianheritagecouncil.com.au/ |
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| Victoria - Port Arlington |
National Celtic Festival
10-13 June 2011
Christine Primrose, Gaelic singer from Skye will be one of the performers this year.
See http://www.nationalcelticfestival.com/ for more details and bookings.
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| NSW - Sydney The Rocks |
Scottish Radicals Ceilidh
Sat 21 May 2011 8pm
Abraham Mott Hall, the Rocks, Sydney
Featuring Chris Duncan and Catherine Strutt. See flyer for booking details.
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| NSW - Glen Innes |
Australian Celtic Festival
28 April - 1 May 2011
Glen Innes, NSW
See www.australiancelticfestival.com/ for more details |
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| Scotland - South Uist |
Stòras Ghàidhlig Gaelic Week
24 April - 30 April 2011
South Uist
Stòras Ghàidhlig offers learners an opportunity to spend a residential week in South Uist and its surrounding communities, enhancing and developing their Gàidhlig through a total immersion programme.
See http://www.storasuibhist.com/storas-ghaidhlig/ for details |
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| NSW - Bundanoon |
Bundanoon is Brigadoon
2 April 2011
Bundanoon, NSW
Watch Brigadoon is Brigadoon for further details |
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| St Andrews Scotland |
StAnza International Poetry Festival
16-20 Mar 2011
This year being the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean)
StAnza has its first Gaelic Poet in Residence - Maoilios Caimbeul (Myles Campbell) who appears on 18th, 19th and 20th March.
For programme and bookings: http://www.stanzapoetry.org/2011/participant.php?participant=267
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| Geelong Victoria |
Geelong Highland Gathering, Geelong Showgrounds.
20 March 2011
For more information contact:
Daryl McLure
email daryl.mclure@bigpond.com
phone 0438 217227 |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Australia Day Celtic Festival - Celtic Council of Australia
26 January 2011
Bradfield Park, Milsons Point 9 am - 5.30 pm.
Watch the Celtic
Council of Australia website for further information |
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| VIC - Campaspe Downs |
Music Under the Southern Cross
Celtic Southern Cross Summer School
Campaspe Downs Vic
9 - 14
January 2011
See www.celt.com.au/summer.html for details and booking forms. |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Scots Gaelic Beginners Course
Macquarie University School of Ancient Languages
4-14 January 2011
See Macquarie University Ancient Languages School for details and enrolment form, or Phone 02 9850 9962 |
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| SA - Adelaide |
Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club
Annual Concert
Malvern Uniting Church
28 November 2010 2pm
See Adelaide Scottish Fiddle Club for details |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Scottish Australian Heritage Council
St Andrews Day Gathering
Hyde Park, Sydney
28th November 2010
See Scottish Australian Heritage Council for details
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| NSW - Sydney |
Combined
Scottish Societies of NSW
141st Annual Highland Gathering
Castle Hill Showground
7 November 2010 9am-5pm
Details
and directions |
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| Scotland - South Uist |
Grogarry Lodge, South Uist
1st November 2010
Stòras Uibhist have launched a week long, total immersion Gàidhlig
learning week based at Grogarry Lodge, South Uist in November 2010.
In
our e-newsletter earlier this year we mentioned Alison Ross, one of our
Kiwi associates attended Ceolas on South Uist earlier this year. Member
and tutor Ron McCoy has also spent a lot of time learning Gaelic on the
island. There is now a wonderful opportunity to follow in their footsteps
at the immersion school Stòras Gàidhlig from 1st November.
Details here
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http://www.storasuibhist.com/storas-ghaidhlig/
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| NSW - Sydney |
Glover Cottages, Kent Street, Sydney
Sunday 3rd October, 2010
Professor William Gillies will speak on “The Legacy of the Lords of the Isles" on Sunday 3rd October, 2010 at Glover Cottages, Kent Street, Sydney. Professor Gillies will speak on this topic using the Red Book and the Black Book of Clanranald, which are the 18th Century Gaelic sources of much of what we know about the Gaelic view of the Lordship of the Isles. See attached booking sheet.
This link gives some background on these Gaelic manuscripts....
http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/orality_text.htm#red_book
To attend please complete the
booking form. |
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| NSW - Sydney University |
Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies
Wed 29th Sept to Sat 2nd October
Sydney University
More information, draft programme and registration form are at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/celtic_studies/uploads/Circular3.pdf
Sessions of particular interest to members Saturday 2 Oct:
- William Gillies speaking about 18th century Gaelic poetry
- Katharine Spadaro (author of Routledge Gaelic Course) speaking about Highland lore
- John Clugston (CGA member) speaking on Scottish Gaelic grammar
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| QLD - Gordon Park |
Waulking the Tweed demonstration and workshop.
26th September 2010
30 McCord Street Gordon Park Queensland 2-4pm
'The Shieling' (Scottish Gaelic Singers) are holding a
demonstration/workshop of 'Waulking the Tweed'. They will following
the stages of shrinking/waterproofing the tweed through song and
there will be lots of opportunity to sing along with the choruses and
to be percussive in beating the fabric. Should be lots of fun.
See Flyer for Details |
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| NSW - Regional |
Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club's tour of regional
NSW
25th September to 3rd October 2010
The award-winning Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club's tour of regional NSW, includes vocalist Ronald McCoy a CGA member
Dates:
Sat 25 Sep 7.30pm Tumut, Montreal Community Theatre
ph: 02 69479100
Sun 26 Sep 3pm Bundanoon, Soldiers' Memorial Hall ph: 02 4883 777
www.bundanoon.nsw.au
Mon 27 Sep 7.30pm Milton, EscapeArtsFest@Milton Theatre ph: 02 4455 1959
Wed 29 Sep 10am-3pm (workshop) Penrith, St Paul's Grammar School ph: 02 4751 3081
Wed 29 Sep 7.30pm (concert including Chris Duncan and Catherine Strutt) Penrith, St Paul's Grammar School
ph: 02 4751 3081
Thur 30 Sep 7.30pm Gulgong, Prince of Wales Opera House ph: 02 6372 0155
Fri 1 Oct 7.30pm Grenfell, Henry Lawson High School ph: 02 6343 1577
Sat 2 Oct Uranquinty Folk Festival www.uranquintyfolk.com
Sun 3 Oct 3pm Benalla Performing Arts Centre (CFA Benefit Concert) ph: 03 5760 4529
www.bpacc.com.au
More about the fiddle club here:
http://www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com/ |
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| ACT - Canberra |
Sgoil-Earraich Nàiseanta (National Spring School) 2010
10th- 12th September
ANU Canberra
Our Sgoil-Earraich Nàiseanta (National Spring School) for 2010 will be held from 10th- 12th September at ANU in Canberra with accommodation at University House where we stayed last year.
Click here for more details and, to download a sgoil flyer and registration form
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| NSW - Sydney |
MyLanguage Conference 2010 - MyLanguage, Your Language in the Digital Age
State Library of NSW
9th-11th August 2010
The theme of the conference will explore how digital technologies can be used to assist culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to achieve greater social inclusion and to maintain their linguistic and cultural identity.
The first national MyLanguage Conference will be a major event presented by the State and Territory Libraries of the ACT, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
These libraries form the MyLanguage project consortium which began in 2004 with the development of the MyLanguage website http://www.mylanguage.gov.au. The website hosts a wide range of publically available information resources in over 60 languages and has more information about the conference.
See http://www.mylanguage.gov.au/cgi-bin/conference/index.cgi for conference details |
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| NSW - Ryde |
Calum’s Ceilidh
Argyle Hall, Blaxland Road, Ryde
29th June 2010
The Australian Gaelic Singers in collaboration with the Ceilidh Collective and the Scottish Australian Heritage Council are mounting this Ceilidh during Scottish Week 2010.
It will be held in the Argyle Hall, Blaxland Road, Ryde on the 29th June 2010 at 7.30pm.
There will be instrumentalists of the Ceilidh Collective, Choral and solo singing. Highland Dancing, and waulking the tweed.
Tickets are $15 each. For bookings, ring 02 9874 7742 or email ronsjans@bigpond.net.au |
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| NSW - Berry |
Berry Celtic Festival
Saturday 22nd May 2010
Berry Showground, Berry
For details and enquiries phone 02 4234.1346 or email coldot@shoal.net.au |
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| NSW - Bundanoon |
Bundanoon is Brigadoon Highland Gathering
Saturday 17th April 2010
The annual Bundanoon is Brigadoon Highland Gathering. A full day of activities beginning at 9.30am. CGA hopes to have its tent there, as it has been over the last few years.
See http://www.highlandsnsw.com.au/brigadoon/ for details. |
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Scotland
South Uist |
Gaelic Learning Week
Monday 5th April - Saturday 10th April 2010
Stòras Uibhist have launched a week long, total immersion Gàidhlig
learning week based at Grogarry Lodge, South Uist in April 2010
Gaelic Learners Week |
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| ACT - Canberra |
Christine Primrose Lecture
1:30 PM Wednesday 31 March 2010
Performance at Research School of Humanities, ANU. People can attend the lecture-concert at the School of Humanities. Christine will be talking about the Gaelic songs in their social context. |
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| Victoria - Melbourne |
Christine Primrose, Gaelic Singer
20 March 2010
Christine Primrose, Gaelic Singer, is performing at the Basin Music Festival at 5-5.30pm. in the main hall at the Basin, Dandenong Ranges.
For more details see http://www.thebasinmusic.org.au or the event flyer |
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| NSW - UNE |
CWA Study School
29 Jan - 31 Jan 2010
Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW weekend-long examination of Scottish history, culture and society at the University of New England
CWA Study School to focus on Scotland |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Celtic Australia Day
26 January 2010
Bradfield Park, North Sydney, under the Harbour Bridge.
The CGA information tent will be there from 10am to 5.30pm
Come and Join Us! |
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| Victoria - Campaspe Downs |
Music Under the Southern Cross Celtic Southern Cross Summer School
Jan 17th - 22nd 2010
See http://www.celt.com.au/summer.html for details, program and booking forms. |
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| ACT - Canberra |
Sgoil-Earraich Nàiseanta (National Spring School)
5th-6th September 2009
Our sgoil this year will be held at University House, Australian National University, Canberra, beginning on the evening of Friday 4th September and ending on the afternoon of Sunday 6th September. A brochure with application form has been sent out to members and can be printed out here.
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| NSW - Sydney |
Thursday 25th June 2009, 7 - 7:30pm
Talk by Professor Anders Ahlqvist, Professor of Celtic Studies, University of Sydney on The Origin and Development of Scottish Gaelic as part of Scottish Heritage Week organised by The Scottish Australian Heritage Council.
Venue : John Woolley Building Common Room, Science Road, University of Sydney
Time : Thursday 25th June 2009, 7 - 7.30pm
For bookings please use the following booking application. |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Bundanoon is Brigadoon Saturday 4 April 2009
CGA will have our tent at Bundanoon is Brigadoon on Saturday 4th April 2009. Joan Mitchell and Rob Willis from the Scottish Gaelic Society of Victoria have offered to be at our tent, helping with Gaelic language information.
Click here to see us at Bundanoon
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| Tasmania - Hobart |
Successfull
Gaidhlig Workshop Hobart Tasmania 12th January 2009 - Report
David Robertson reported back to us on the very successfull
Gaidhlig Workshop Hobart Tasmania 12th January 2009 with a presentation by journalist Ruairidh MacIlleathain.
Click here to read more about this workshop
The room was full, and Ruairidh MacIlleathain was under a little pressure to put
on a good performance for at least one good reason (one workshop attendee had
actually flown into Hobart from Canberra just to attend the 90 minute presentation
on Gaidhlig). It was a great turn out, with people mostly from Hobart, but some
travelling down from the north of the state and others from Bruny Island.
Many of you will know, or have seen or heard of Ruairidh (Gaidhlig speaking
journalist from Inverness, but who spent 19 years in Tasmania with his family)
perhaps on the BBC website or come across him as he performs one of his many
roles in promoting the language. He was on his Christmas holidays here to visit
family, but he offered to come in one night and run the workshop at the
Glenorchy library (Hobart’s suburb of Glenorchy is, I think it is safe to say,
nothing like its Scottish namesake).
It was a great presentation, using power point slides to take us through the
history of the language, and provide a brief introduction to its structure and
vocabulary, as well as a look at the current state of the language.
There were 24 people crammed into the room, with a couple of late comers locked
outside (until everyone worked out what the flashing red light meant in the corner).
This interest was not difficult to generate. Emails were sent out to folk music
groups, the University, Scottish Cultural and dance groups, and Communn Gaidhlig
Astrailia. These organizations in turn sent out to their members, and members to
their friends….and on it rolled.
Part of the aim of the workshop was to try to identify someone who was a fluent
speaker who was also willing to take lessons, as presently Tasmania has no
classes running. Not yet succeeded with that one, although there are a handful
of fluent speakers in the state (perhaps a bit less than a full handful).
Maybe we should encourage Gaelic speaking Scottish backpackers here to run
classes if they plan to stop for a few months?
I now plan to use some resources available to me in the short term to learn the
language, and then look at joining an on-line course, and I will keep in touch
on an irregular basis with people who attended the night with any news.
I wonder what the chances are of the UK or Scottish Governments
funding/supporting some Gaelic speakers to teach during their travels, or
getting some mainland Australian fluent speakers to run short courses in
Tasmania now and again if there is enough demand (they could combine it with
a holiday!!)?
At any rate, the workshop was a huge success. Even if people attending didn’t
want to go on to learn the language, there was appreciation of the importance
of the language and the imperative of keeping it alive as the heart of the culture.
If you are interested in Gaelic in Tasmania, contact David Robertson
by email robe083@bigpond.com or phone 03 62312130.
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| NSW - Sydney |
14 March 2009 - Visit from Janet MacDonald, CGA member on the Isle of Mull.
We are being honoured by a visit from Janet MacDonald, a long standing CGA
member on the Isle of Mull. Janet is the current Convenor of the Royal National Mod, and is Gaelic Tutor to the Mull Choir. In this capacity she will be also
visiting Coisir Ghàidhlig Astràilianach whilst in Sydney
For interest to Gaelic learners, she is a Tutor with Sabhal Mòr Ostaig's An Cùrsa Inntrigidh, and has tutored CGA member Cliff Cumming of Deakin University.
Janet will be attending our March Cearcall (this Saturday 14th) at Scottish House, Guildford
(Corner Calliope and Military Roads Guildford - opposite the train station.) To
allow time for discussion and to fit in with Janet's timetable, we will begin at
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| Tasmania - Hobart |
7 pm 12 January 2009
A 3 hour workshop session by esteemed Gaelic journalist Ruairidh MacIllithean will take place on 12th January 2009, starting at 7pm at the Glenorchy Library, Derwent Room, Hobart.
The session will inform people about the Gaelic language in Scotland, particularly recent developments. It will be an awareness raiser and will ask the question as to whether there might be an opportunity for Gaelic classes in Hobart. See attached flyer for details (link?)
Please confirm to David Robertson by email robe083@bigpond.com or phone 03 62312130 by the 5th January 2009 if you are coming.
Workshop Details |
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| NSW - Sydney |
Australia Day 2009
CGA and Coisir Ghàidhlig Astràilianach will be represented at the Celtic Festival in Bradfield Park on Australia Day. Come and see us there!
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