Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia Inc.

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The Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia was founded in Adelaide in 1881 as the South Australian Caledonian Society[1] to promote Scottish culture and traditions in South Australia.

Chiefs

  • 1881–1883 Alexander Hay MLC.
  • 1883–1885 Dr. Allan Campbell MLC.
  • 1885–1886 Hon. Sir J. Lancelot Stirling
  • 1886–1887 Hon. James Henderson Howe MLC.
  • 1887–1888 David Murray
  • 1888–1891 Aloysius MacDonald
  • 1891–1892 Hugh Fraser
  • 1892–1894 Hon. John Darling MLC.
  • 1894–1895 Aloysius MacDonald
  • 1895–1897 Hon. A. Wallace Sandford MLC.
  • 1897–1899 John Wyles JP.
  • 1899–1902 A. J. McLachlan
  • 1902–1903 G. Fowler Stewart
  • 1903–1904 P. D. Haggart
  • 1904–1907 John Darling Jr.
  • 1907–1909 John Wood Sandford
  • 1909–1914 Robert Weymss
  • 1914–1917 George McEwin
  • 1917–1918 John Drummond
  • 1918–1921 J. W. Hill
  • 1921–1923 Duncan Fraser SM.
  • 1924–1925 James W. McGregor
  • 1925–1928 Andrew D. Young
  • 1928–1930 John Tassie
  • 1930–1933 Hon. Sir David J. Gordon MLC.
  • 1933–1936 Maxwell A. Fotheringham
  • 1936–1938 Hon. Sir George Ritchie, KCMG
  • 1938–1940 C. B. Anderson ISO.
  • 1940–1943 Capt. Duncan Menzies
  • 1943–1945 John McLeay
  • 1945–1949 Andrew Small
  • 1949–1952 F. R. Forgan JP.
  • 1952–1954 J. McGregor Soutar
  • 1954–1959 Norman H. Campbell
  • 1959–1968 Sir Lyell McEwin KBE., MLC.
  • 1968–1971 Clarrie Martin
  • 1971–1980 Charles Gardiner
  • 1980–1983 Ron A. Layton
  • 1983–1985 Donaldina Nicolson Richards
  • 1985–1986 Dr. Gordon C. Greig MB MRCGP
  • 1987–1989 Marian Macaulay Johnson
  • 1989–1993 William Paterson
  • 1993–1995 Jeffrey C. McFarlane
  • 1995–2000 J. Lennox Pawson JP.
  • 2000–2003 Ann Calver (née Lumsden)
  • 2003–2004 Jim D. Wallace
  • 2004–2007 David Porteous
  • 2007–2010 Anne Miller
  • 2010–2012 Christina Forbes Cockerill
  • 2012–present (2015) Roselee Bruce

Activities

The Caledonian Society commissioned W. J. Maxwell to produce the statue of Robert Burns on North Terrace, which was unveiled on 5 May 1894.[2] They commissioned James White a produce the statue of John McDouall Stuart in Victoria Square commemorating his crossing of the continent in 1861–1862. The statue, paid for by public subscription and the South Australian Government, was unveiled on 4 June 1904.[3]

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References

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