Pipes & Drums of the Royal Caledonian Society

What started out over a hundred years ago in the City of Adelaide as "The Pipers Band" is now commonly acknowledged as one of the most recognised pipe bands in South Australia and the oldest civilian Pipe Band in the southern hemisphere.^[5] It is also one of the oldest civilian pipe bands in the world.

In approximately 1912 the band became known as The Caledonian Pipe Band. In 1946, King George VI granted permission to the society to use the prefix ‘Royal’^[6] in recognition and mainly due to the untiring efforts and devoted services of the society's pipe band members. Many served during the Boer War, World War I, and with numerous receiving decorations for their part in conflicts during World War II.

From that point the band became known, as they are today, as The Pipes and Drums of the Royal Caledonian Society.

Morgan, Margaret; et al. (1994). A history of the Pipes and Drums of the Royal Caledonian Society of South Australia 1894-1994. ISBN 978-0-9597396-1-9. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
"Caledonian Society Celebrates". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 August 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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