Scottish Australian - Culture

Culture

See also: Culture of Scotland and Culture of Australia

Some aspects of Scottish culture can be found in Australia:

  • Bagpiping and pipe bands.
  • Burns Supper
  • Ceilidhs
  • Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year
  • Presbyterianism - the majority of Scottish settlers were Presbyterian, some were Roman Catholic or Episcopalian.
  • Tartan, some regions of Australia have their own tartan.
  • Tartan Day, in Australia, falls on 1 July, the date of the repeal proclamation in 1792 of the Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of Scottish national dress.

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