The Grand Bard's visit to Australia
May, 2003

16th Assembly of Cornish Bards in Australia

Procession of bards into the circle, led by Ros Paterson and Grand Bard John Bolitho.

The horner calls for peace to the four corners of the nation.

Dancers in nineteenth-century costume. Their teacher, dressed in a bonnet, is standing in the distant entrance, with the Kernewek Lowender Queen and Princess waiting behind her. Many children and adults at the festival wear the traditional Cornish miner's hat with candle, and a man wearing one can be seen on the far right of the picture.
 

The Grand Bard welcomes new bards. He is speaking to Joy Menhennit, while Russell Cocks waits behind her.
 

The Cornish flag and the banners of Australian Cornish associations outside Moonta Uniting Church.
 

The bards with the Kernewek Lowender Queen, Princess and attendants on the steps of the Uniting Church in Moonta, South Australia. Second from the right is Lady Wilson (née Bonython) a member of the South Australia Cornish Association. On the far left with the staff is Ros Paterson, committee member of Kernewek Lowender, and standing on her left is Lilian James, teacher of the South Australia Cornish Class. George Ellis is standing at the Grand Bard's right shoulder and Philip Payton at his left.
 

Left to right, outside Uniting Church in Moonta, Mayor of the Copper Coast Paul Thomas, Grand Bard John Bolitho, Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AO, CVO, MBE, Governor of South Australia, and the Mayoress of the Copper Coast Mrs Thomas.