Listing of Bardic ceremonies in Australia
( to May 2023) Work in progress - thanks to W&G Phllips, Lilian James, Stephen Amos, Noel Carthew
No Ceremony When Location Leader Bards attending
1 Gorsedh Proclamation 15 May 1983 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Trevanion (Denis Trevanion) Past GB 6 (4 from Cornwall)
2 Gorsedh Proclamation 18 May, 1985 Wallaroo Mines, SA (Car park near St Pirans Ch) Den Toll (Hugh Miners) GB 7 (incl. 4 from Cornwall) plus Cecil Beer
3 Assembly (1st of new ceremony) 5 March, 1988 Government Camp, Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, Vic. Trevanion (Denis Trevanion) Past GB 9 Bards identified from photos/documents. Called a 'Proclamation'.
4 Assembly (2nd Assembly) 13 May, 1989 Richmans Plant, Moonta Mines, SA Gunwyn (George Pawley White) Past GB 13 Bards, incl. 2 from Cornwall)
5 Assembly (3rd) 24 March, 1990 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Map Moonta (Ron Daw) Not known .. (incl. 1 Australian Welsh Bard Horatio Rees)
6 Assembly (4th) 18 May, 1991 Richmans Plant, Moonta Mines, SA Map Moonta (Ron Daw) 9 Bards identified from photos/docs (incl. one from Cornwall)
7 Assembly (5th) 22 February, 1992 Government Camp, Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, Vic. Gunwyn (George Pawley White) Past GB 11 Bards, incl Cornwall
8 Assembly (6th) 15 May, 1993 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Pen Melen (Lambert Truran) 12 Bards, incl 2 Cornwall, and 1 NZ (Ida Hocking)
9 Assembly (7th) 20 February, 1994 Mannix College, Monash University, Melbourne Vic. Nans Melyn (Stephen Amos) 12 Bards (incl.3 Cornwall)
10 Assembly (8th) 13 May, 1995 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Ula Ruthvelen (Lilian James) 17 Bards, incl. one from Cornwall)
11 Assembly Proclamation (9th) * Special note 15 October, 1995 Former Heritage Village, Watson, ACT Ula Ruthvelen (Lilian James) 16 Bards (all Australia). No ceremony was held in 1996 - This 1995 proclamation (adjusted for Australia) has been numbered since as the 9th assembly, though not formally being called that)
12 Assembly (10th) 17 May, 1997 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Ula Ruthvelen (Lilian James) 14 Bards incl. one from Cornwall)
13 Assembly (11th) 7 June, 1988 Transvaal Square, Geelong, Vic. Nans Melyn (Stephen Amos) 12 Bards identified (incl. 1 Welsh Bard)
14 Assembly (12th) 15 May, 1999 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Bryallen (Ann Trevenen Jenkin) 23 Bards (incl. 4 Cornwall)
15 Assembly (13th) 5 March, 2000 Victory Park, Castlemaine. Vic. Nans Melyn (Stephen Amos) 23 Bards identified
16 Assembly (14th) 19 May, 2001 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Ula Ruthvelen (Lilian James) 23 Bards identified, incl one from Cornwall)
17 Assembly (15th) 2 March, 2002 Town Hall Park, Hargreaves St. Bendigo, Vic. Jowan an Cleth (John Bolitho) GB 21 Bards incl. one from Cornwall
18 Assembly (16th) 17 May, 2003 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Jowan an Cleth (John Bolitho) GB 27 Bards incl. 2 from Cornwall and one from USA Gage McKinney
19 Assembly (17th) 28 February, 2004 Town Hall Park, Hargreaves St. Bendigo, Vic. Jowan an Cleth (John Bolitho) Past GB 25 Bards incl. Cornwall J Bolitho
20 Assembly (18th) 13 May, 2005 Queens Square, Moonta, SA Bryallen (Ann Trevenen Jenkin) Past GB 29 Bards incl. 3 from Cornwall)
21 Assembly (19th) 11 March, 2006 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 24 Bards incl. 2 from Cornwall)
22 Assembly (20th) 18 May, 2007 Victoria Square, Kadina, SA Gwenenen (Vanessa Beaman) GB 29 Bards incl. 2 from Cornwall)
23 Assembly (21st) 15 March, 2008 Brown Hill Reserve, Brown Hill, Ballarat, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 31 Bards incl. 4 from Cornwall) A record number.
24 Assembly (22nd) 15 May, 2009 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 28 Bards incl. Cornwall P Payton, USA Sue Pellowe
25 Assembly (23rd) 20 March, 2010 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 24 Bards incl. one from Cornwall)
26 Assemby (24th) 17 May, 2011 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 24 Bards incl. one from Cornwall)
27 Assembly (25th) 17 March, 2012 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 20 Bards (all Australia)
28 Assembly (26th) 27 October, 2012 University of Wollongong, Nowra NSW Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 13 Bards (all Australia)
29 Assembly (27th) 30th anniv. 25 May, 2013 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Steren Mor (Maureen Fuller) GB 27 Bards incl. 2 Cornwall and one from USA Jim Wearne
30 Assembly (28th) 15 March, 2014 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Steren Mor (Maureen Fuller) GB 24 Bards (incl. one from Cornwall)
31 Assembly (29th) 23 May, 2015 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Steren Mor (Maureen Fuller) GB 26 Bards (incl 2 Cornwall)
32 Assembly (30th) 19 March, 2016 Jubilee Lake, Daylesford, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 27 Bards (all from Australia) Equal record Bards from Australia
33 Assembly (31st) 20 May, 2017 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Telynor an Weryn (Merv Davey) GB 27 Bards (25 from Australia + GB Merv Davey & Alison Davey)
34 Assembly (32nd) 17 March, 2018 Canterbury Gardens, Eaglehawk, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 18 Bards from Australia (14 Vic, 2 SA, 2 NSW)
35 Assembly (33rd) 18 May, 2019 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 22 Bards (21 from Australia, plus past GB Maureen Fuller (Steren Mor)
36 Assembly (34th) 7 March, 2020 South Gardens, Wendouree Pde, Ballarat, Vic. Mab an Gwylvos (Peter Trevorah) 21 Bards, all from Australia
37 Assembly (35th) 22 May, 2021 Davies Square, Wallaroo, SA Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 19 Bards (all from Australia – 12 SA, 5 Vic, 2 NSW)
38 Assembly (36th) 40th anniv. 20 May, 2023 Wallaroo Primary School, Wallaroo, SA (indoors) Den a Boll (Terry Johnson) 18 Bards (16 Australia – 5 Vic, 11 SA) plus 2 visiting from UK