History
The original Western Australia Police Band played brass instruments between 1902 and 1925 when it was disbanded. The pipe band was formed in 1966.
After some years of Australian competition in grade two, and trips to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the band performed in the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland, 1998, succeeding as grade-two winner in a field of 22 bands.
Promoted to grade one, it was awarded first place in the USA Open Pipe Band Championships, in Alma, Michigan. The band competed unsuccessfully in Scotland at the world championships in 2003 but secured 11th place at the event in 2004.}
The band has undertaken tours to regional centres including Broome and Newman, and performs at school and community functions. It was represented at the Sydney Edinburgh Tattoo in 2010 and the Kremlin Zoria in Moscow's Red Square. In April 2012 it won the Australian National Pipe Band Championships in Ballarat, Victoria (Australia).
As of December 2012, the band's Pipe Major is James Murray.
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