Western Australia Police Pipe Band won Grade 2 at the same contest, the first time a country other than Scotland has achieved the double. Contacts for national office-bearers of the Association are here. There are some two hundred pipe bands in Australia. The oldest have attained their centenary, while bands are still being formed in new areas. For those interested, the currently registered bands are listed, with contact details, in the various Branch pages on the site.
Most bands offer instruction to learners and players alike.
The programmes for forthcoming contests and the results of recent contests are listed in the various Branch pages. More information on the Great Highland Bagpipe is here ,and material on drums used by bands can be found here . Tartans are now regarded as pertaining to a clan, or a sept of a clan, or, sometimes, to a locality, and are registered with Scottish heraldic authorities. We discuss this fascinating topic here. Finally, we have collected links to sites with related information, which may be of interest.