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Chief
Crest-badge
Plant badge
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Structure

Our aims

The Clan Lindsay Society of Australia is a non-profit, purely voluntary association that exists solely for the benefit of its members. The purposes of the organisation are to

The Clan Lindsay Society of Australia was founded on 19 September 2000.

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Our chief

Our Chief is The Rt Hon Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, KT, GCVO, PC, DL, who is the premier earl of Scotland.

Our crest-badge

Our crest-badge features a swan in its natural colours, white with yellow beak, within a gold crest coronet heightened with four (three visible) strawberry-leaves.  A monochrome version is shown right.

The swan is Cirean Ceann Cinnidh, the Crest of our Clan Chief.

The badge may be blazoned as "A swan’s head, neck and wings proper issuing from an antique crest coronet Or all within a strap and buckle bearing the Chief’s motto ENDURE FORT".

Our plant badge

Our plant badge is the Lime Tree.

This is normally worn as a sprig affixed behind the crest-badge, affixed to the cap, or which, in the case of ladies, fixes the tartan sash at the shoulder.

Our tartan

The distinctive Lindsay tartan of burgundy, green and dark blue is one of the most popular tartans. 

There are two principal variants of the Lindsay tartan, the Ancient Lindsay and Modern Lindsay. While the Ancient (1 - far left) is vibrant and striking, based on traditional natural dies, the Modern (2) is more subtle and understated.  The Lindsay Dress Blue (3) and Lindsay Dress Red (4 - far right) are commonly selected by competitive highland dancers.  The Lindsay Muted and Lindsay Weathered variations (not shown) are rarely seen. Other Lindsay tartans are displayed in The Scottish Register of Tartans.

John Lindsay (1702-49), 20th Earl of Crawford, was the first colonel of the Black Watch. Their famous tartan was first worn by the regiment in 1739.

 

Our organisation structure

The activities of our Society are overseen by a Board of Management comprising

President Susan Cooke
Vice President Chris Lindesay
Secretary Chris Lindesay
Treasurer Susan Cooke
Registrar Eric Richardson OAM
Editor Susan Cooke
Piper Christina Batey
Heraldist & Genealogist Chris Lindesay
Webmaster Chris Lindesay
Councillor (ACT) Janette Lindesay PhD
Councillor (NSW) Wesley Batey
Councillor (QLD) Mark Patch
Councillor (TAS) Ian Byers
Councillor (VIC) Victoria Presser
Councillor (WA) Suzanne Barley

We are seeking Councillors in South Australia and the Northern Territory to assist us in promoting the Society aims.

We meet electronically to plan and co-ordinate events.

 

Updated 2010-02-14

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