The Scottish in Australia
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In Australia's 2006 Census 1,501,204 Australian residents declared their ancestry as Scottish. (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Scottish social & cultural organisations in Australia
Most of these organisations define themselves as Scottish.
As with our other pages, some organisations listed here might appear twice, due to variations of the name. Some groups also appear in more than one list due to their cross-cultural nature (e.g. Celtic).
- 42nd Royal Highland Regiment 1815 Australia Inc
- Adelaide Celts Broadsword Team
- Adelaide, South Australia - Australian Gaelic Singers (The)
- Sydney, New South Wales - Brisbane Scots
- Brisbane, Queensland - Celtic Council of Australia
- ALL STATES - HQ in Mosman, New South Wales - Clan Fraser Society of Australia (The)
- Clan Gregor Society Australia (The)
- Clan MacGillivray Society Australia (The)
- Comunn Gàidhlig Astràilia
- (The Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia) - Maryborough Highland Society Inc
- Port Adelaide Caledonian Society Inc
- (and South Australian State Committee of Highland Dancing Inc) - Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia (The)
- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS)
- RSCDS Canberra Branch
- RSCDS Northern Territory Branch (The)
- Saint Andrew Society of Western Australia (The)
- Gaelic Dream
- Scottish Australian Heritage Council (The)
- Scottish Dancing Association of Australia (The)
- Scottish Gaelic Association of Australia (The)
- (Comunn Gàidhlig Astràilia) - Scottish House
- Society of St Andrew of Scotland (Queensland)
- South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc (The)
- South Australian State Committee of Highland Dancing Inc
- (and Port Adelaide Caledonian Society Inc) - Wapol Pipe Band
- Warringah Scottish Society
- Coastal Scottish Pipe Band WA Inc
Scottish events & festivals in Australia
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- Australian Celtic Festival (The)
- Glen Innes, New South Wales - Beechworth Celtic Festival
- Beechworth, Victoria - Bundanoon (is Brigadoon) Highland Gathering
- Bundanoon, New South Wales