The SAHC is delighted to announce that our much loved week will be back this year with Covid safe outings for all the family to enjoy.
The first major Celtic / Scottish event in Sydney in over a year will be presented by the Scottish Australian Heritage Council (SAHC) and The Celtic Council of Australia from Friday 25 June to Monday 28 June 2021. This is a great opportunity to wear your tartan again.
We will welcome back clan folk, those of Scottish descent and everyone who wishes to celebrate Celtic Culture starting with the Celtic Bards’ Dinner on Friday 25 June at Cellos Restaurant, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel from 6.30pm.
This event is being held in conjunction with the Celtic Council of Australia and will present Celtic Honours awards for 2021 to deserving recipients.
The guest speaker is Alasdair Taylor, is renowned for his work in Scotland through Earth for Life. He is now with the National Trust of Australia. He will talk about “Reminiscences of a 20-year stay in Scotland”
Entertainment includes the Address to the Haggis, Highland and Irish dancing, poetry from the seven Celtic nations and a dram or two. Bookings are essential.
The annual inspection of the Scotland Australian Cairn ceremony, Rawson Park, Mosman is on Saturday 26 June at 11.00am with our piper leading the Clan march and the Australian Gaelic Choir singing. This is followed by a BBQ lunch and a family Ceilidh in the Drill Hall with the Ceilidh Collective providing the music for singing, dance, etc.
Sunday 27 June is the annual Kirkin o’ the Tartan at Hunter Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annandale, at 9.30am – bring your tartan.
Monday 28 June is the Annual Tartan Day lunch at NSW Parliament House at 12 noon. Bookings are essential.
In the evening (7.00pm via zoom) we will present a lecture with Dr Benjamin Wilkie, PhD, JD, Grad Cert (Higher Education Teaching and Learning), on “The Legacies of Robert Burns in Australia”. Dr Wilkie is an historian of the Scottish Diaspora and Honorary Associate in La Trobe University's College of Arts, Social Science and Commerce and the Centre for the Study of the Inland.
The week kicks off with a combined dinner with the Celtic Council of Australia on Friday 25th June at the Cello’s Restaurant, The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (near Town Hall Station). This will be a night of full entertainment which includes a tasty 3 course meal, Address to the Haggis, Irish & Scottish dancing, presentation of Celtic Awards and a great guest speaker. If you would like to be seated with friends, please note it on your booking form.
For full details for all events, go to http://scottishaustralianheritagecouncil.com.au/
We look forward to welcoming you there!
Sláinte Mhath (Cheers)