The Bundanoon Tartan
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An
extract of information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the
"Bundanoon" tartan is shown below:
A very small town (population
of 2731 in 1996) in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. The
tartan was launched at the 2000 Brigadoon - Bundanoon Highland Games. The
designer of this tartan, Peter Rocca, was an estate agent in the town.
Colours: the green background
represents the deep green valleys of the Bundanoon area (Bundanoon is an
Aboriginal word that means deep green valleys); yellow is the colour of
Australian wattle; red is the colour of the Waratah which is also the emblem of
Wingecarribee shire, and the parallel lines represents the parallel lines of the
railway track, an important feature of Bundanoon; blue is the colour of the
wonderful Australian sky and the white represents the mist that is so symbolic
of Bundanoon and the Brigadoon story.
From the Bundanoon website;
'Although it attracts so many visitors, Bundanoon is not 'over-touristified'; it
retains the quiet, sleepy, old-world atmosphere of yesteryear, and is the
perfect place to wind down from the hectic pace of modern life (then again, it
always was!)'. 'Even though the mythical Scottish village of Brigadoon is said
to appear only once every 100 years, Bundanoon becomes Brigadoon every year in
the Bundanoon highland gathering. Even the train station changes its name to
'Brigadoon.' The festival attracts over 20,000 visitors and is a fundraiser for
Bundanoon charities and community groups across the Wingecarribee, including the
Wingecarribee Rural Fire Service, the State Emergency Service [SES], the St
Johns Ambulance Service, the Lions club and local schools.'
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