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Clan MacLeod Society of Australia (South Australia) Inc.

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The Story of 50 years of a Clan Society, 1957 - 2007

Clan MacLeod Society in South Australia

Observations

Clan MacLeod Society in South Australia 1957

'The purpose for the formation of the branch will be:-

▪ To comply with the wishes of the Chief.

▪ To provide a rallying point for all MacLeods in South Australia.

▪ To provide a medium through which clan information can be sent to

▪ our members.

▪ To arrange social functions and to give status to our members when

▪ visiting branches interstate.'

These simple reasons lay at the foot of the mountain that Clan Societies were to climb in exploring their role and character in a nationally diverse people the world. They would claim the following achievements:-

▪ Development of periodic Parliaments as Clan gatherings in Skye.

▪ Holding regular North American gatherings, and world Gatherings in

▪ i Bendigo, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand.

▪ Constituting the body of Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, now

▪ comprising ten national organisations.

▪ The development of regional and national societies with

▪ constitutional incorporation.

▪ Fostering Highland traditions of dancing and piping, and subsidiary

▪ organisations such as pipe bands.

▪ Trusts for their funding of Restoration and Heritage work for

▪ preservation of diverse, important Clan sites.

▪ The adoption of new clan Projects such as Literary works describing:-

▪ The History of a Clan

▪ Genealogy of a Clan

▪ Scottish Exodus: Migration of a Clan

Now our Chiefs have passed into their ‘Great Hall’

▪ Norman Magnus and Sir Reginald who tried to bridge the lost connection

▪ with clanfolk.

▪ Dame Flora 28 th Chief - The instigator of the sense of our world Clan.

▪ John 29 th Chief who’s charm and demeanor embraced the Clan’s

▪ differences and developments in a rapidly changing world.

▪ Torquil Roderick, 17 th of Raasay who matriculated the Arms of MacLeod

▪ of the Lewes, and caused clanfolk to look into their history for the first

▪ time in many generations and accept the fact that there are still two

▪ branches of the Clan and two Chiefs. He had two sons. Torquil Donald

▪ became Chief of the Lewes, and Roderick John became 18 th of Raasay,

▪ accepted as a third Chief.

The present Clan MacLeod Chiefs are:

▪ Hugh MacLeod of MacLeod, 30 th Chief,

▪ Torquil Donald MacLeod, Chief of the Lewes

▪ Roderick John MacLeod 18 th of Raasay