The Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia was founded in Adelaide in 1881 as the South Australian Caledonian Society to promote Scottish culture and traditions in South Australia.
History
Foundation members included A. W. Dobbie and Patrick Gay.
Chiefs
- 1881âÂÂ1883 Alexander Hay MLC.
- 1883âÂÂ1885 Dr. Allan Campbell MLC.
- 1885âÂÂ1886 Hon. Sir J. Lancelot Stirling
- 1886âÂÂ1887 Hon. James Henderson Howe MLC.
- 1887âÂÂ1888 David Murray
- 1888âÂÂ1891 Aloysius MacDonald
- 1891âÂÂ1892 Hugh Fraser
- 1892âÂÂ1894 Hon. John Darling MLC.
- 1894âÂÂ1895 Aloysius MacDonald
- 1895âÂÂ1897 Hon. A. Wallace Sandford MLC.
- 1897âÂÂ1899 John Wyles JP.
- 1899âÂÂ1902 A. J. McLachlan
- 1902âÂÂ1903 G. Fowler Stewart
- 1903âÂÂ1904 P. D. Haggart
- 1904âÂÂ1907 John Darling Jr.
- 1907âÂÂ1909 John Wood Sandford
- 1909âÂÂ1914 Robert Weymss
- 1914âÂÂ1917 George McEwin
- 1917âÂÂ1918 John Drummond
- 1918âÂÂ1921 J. W. Hill
- 1921âÂÂ1923 Duncan Fraser SM.
- 1924âÂÂ1925 James W. McGregor
- 1925âÂÂ1928 Andrew Douglas Young
- 1928âÂÂ1930 John Tassie, brother of Henry Tassie
- 1930âÂÂ1933 Hon. Sir David J. Gordon MLC.
- 1933âÂÂ1936 Maxwell A. Fotheringham
- 1936âÂÂ1938 Hon. Sir George Ritchie, KCMG
- 1938âÂÂ1940 C. B. Anderson ISO
- 1940âÂÂ1943 Capt. Duncan Menzies
- 1943âÂÂ1945 John McLeay
- 1945âÂÂ1949 Andrew Small
- 1949âÂÂ1952 F. R. Forgan JP.
- 1952âÂÂ1954 J. McGregor Soutar
- 1954âÂÂ1959 Norman H. Campbell
- 1959âÂÂ1968 Sir Lyell McEwin KBE., MLC.
- 1968âÂÂ1971 Clarrie Martin
- 1971âÂÂ1980 Charles Gardiner
- 1980âÂÂ1983 Ron A. Layton
- 1983âÂÂ1985 Donaldina Nicolson Richards
- 1985âÂÂ1986 Dr. Gordon C. Greig MB MRCGP
- 1987âÂÂ1989 Marian Macaulay Johnson
- 1989âÂÂ1993 William Paterson
- 1993âÂÂ1995 Jeffrey C. McFarlane
- 1995âÂÂ2000 J. Lennox Pawson JP.
- 2000âÂÂ2003 Ann Calver (née Lumsden)
- 2003âÂÂ2004 Jim D. Wallace
- 2004âÂÂ2007 David Porteous
- 2007âÂÂ2010 Anne Miller
- 2010âÂÂ2012 Christina Forbes Cockerill
- 2012âÂÂpresent (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. They commissioned James White to produce the statue of John McDouall Stuart in Victoria Square commemorating his crossing of the continent in 1861âÂÂ1862. The statue, paid for by public subscription and the South Australian Government, was unveiled on 4 June 1904.
References
External links