Australian Championships (A Grade)
Parade of Bands (PoB): From 2017 not listed separately but mentioned at each resp. Section (A-D, Youth if contested) with Details.
Points: I = Inspection, D = Drill C = Change of Direction, M = Music
Australian Championships (B Grade) 
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Past Results
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| Date | Winner | Conductor | Test Piece |
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| Apr 2021 | No Contest. Contests cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, see Statement of NBCA: The National Band Council of Australia in conjunction with the Band Association of NSW will be conducting the inaugural Australian National Online Festival of Bands (ANOFOB) instead of the Australian National Band Championships which were to be held in Newcastle over Easter 2021. The NBCA would like to encourage all eligible bands to participate in this event under the conditions outlined in the press release. This festival will provide an opportunity for bands to submit for adjudication video recordings of them playing a sacred item, single own choice major work, on stage march or own choice concert item (or any combination of these four items). The festival is all about participation, providing bands with purpose for rehearsals through these times as we attempt to return to our usual high standards, making great music together rather than fierce competition for trophies and titles. Contests originally planned for April 2nd - 5th. 2022 again no Edition due to still ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic (Threats of new Variants like Omicron). Statement NBCA: https://nbca.asn.au/news/delay-to-the-2022-australian-national-band-championships | ||
| 12th Apr 2020 | No Contest. Cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak, see Statement from NBCA: The National Band Council of Australia has made the following statement-- Discussions were held with the National Band Council and the Western Australian organizing committee today following the announcement of a pandemic. It is with regret that the National Contest to be held in Perth (WA) at Easter will not proceed. We are well aware of the amount of preparation that has been made by the organizing committee and individual bands. However, circumstances and concerns by various stakeholders have made us come to this decision This decision was not made lightly but was in the end forced upon us Sincerely Barrie Gott President 12th March 2020 | ||
| 21st Apr 2019 | |||
| 1st Apr 2018 | |||
| 16th Apr 2017 | |||
| 27th Mar 2016 | |||
| 5th Apr 2015 | |||
| 20th Apr 2014 | |||
| 31st Mar 2013 | |||
| 7th Apr 2012 | |||
| 23rd Apr 2011 | |||
| 4th Apr 2010 | |||
| 12th Apr 2009 | |||
| 23rd Mar 2008 | |||
| 8th Apr 2007 | |||
| 16th Apr 2006 | |||
| 26th Mar 2005 | |||
| 11th Apr 2004 | |||
| 21st Apr 2003 | |||
| 29th Mar 2002 | |||
| 14th Apr 2001 | |||
| 22nd Apr 2000 | |||
| 4th Apr 1999 | |||
| 11th Apr 1998 | |||
| 29th Mar 1997 | |||
| 7th Apr 1996 | |||
| 15th Apr 1995 | |||
| 2nd Apr 1994 | |||
| 10th Apr 1993 | |||
| 18th Apr 1992 | |||
| 31st Mar 1991 | |||
| 15th Apr 1990 | |||
| 27th Mar 1989 | |||
| 2nd Apr 1988 | |||
| 18th Apr 1987 | |||
| 29th Mar 1986 | |||
| 7th Apr 1985 | |||
| 22nd Apr 1984 | |||
| 3rd Apr 1983 | |||
| 11th Apr 1982 | |||
| 19th Apr 1981 | |||
| 6th Apr 1980 | |||
| 15th Apr 1979 | |||
| 26th Mar 1978 | |||
| 10th Apr 1977 | |||
| 18th Apr 1976 | |||
| 30th Mar 1975 | |||
| 12th Apr 1974 | |||
| 3rd Nov 1973 | |||
| 21st Oct 1972 | |||
| 9th Apr 1971 | |||
| 14th Jun 1970 | |||
| 7th Apr 1969 | |||
| 2nd Nov 1968 | |||
| 21st Oct 1967 | |||
| 10th Apr 1966 | |||
| 18th Apr 1965 | |||
| 24th Oct 1964 | |||
| 1st Nov 1963 | |||
| 27th Oct 1962 | |||
| 30th Sep 1961 | |||
| 16th Apr 1960 | |||
| 26th Jan 1959 | |||
| 5th Apr 1958 | |||
| 2nd Nov 1957 | |||
| 27th Oct 1956 | |||
| 23rd Oct 1955 | |||
| 1954 | No Contest. Cancelled due to influenza epidemic. | ||
| 8th Nov 1953 | |||
| 12th Apr 1952 | |||
| 28th Oct 1951 | |||
| 16th Sep 1950 | |||
| 10th Apr 1950 | |||
| 14th Nov 1949 | No Contest. The scheduled 1949 Australian championships event at Launceston, Tasmania was postponed firstly from the week commencing 14th November 1949 to 24th-28th December 1949, then further from there due to an outbreak of poliomyelitis, eventually being held in the following year, over Easter, 10th April 1950. As a result two Australian championship events were held in 1950, one designated for 1949, in April 1950, and one designated for 1950, in October 1950. | ||
| 4th Oct 1948 | |||
| 6th Apr 1947 | |||
| 1st Jan 1946 | |||
| 30th Apr 1945 | |||
| 1940 | No Contest. Not run again until 1945, owing to war. | ||
| 11th Apr 1939 | |||
| 2nd Feb 1938 | |||
| 14th Nov 1937 | |||
| 2nd Nov 1936 | |||
| 22nd Apr 1935 | |||
| 28th Jan 1934 | |||
| 1933 | No Contest. Contest not held. | ||
| 28th Mar 1932 | |||
| 28th Jan 1931 | |||
| 1930 | No Contest. Contest not held. | ||
| 2nd Apr 1929 | |||
| 26th Jan 1928 | |||
| 1927 | No Contest. Contest not held. | ||
| 6th Apr 1926 | |||
| 1925 | No Contest. Contest not held. | ||
| 21st Apr 1924 | |||
| 30th Mar 1923 | |||
| 26th Jan 1922 | |||
| 22nd Oct 1921 | |||
| 26th Jan 1920 | |||
| 26th Oct 1919 | |||
| 25th Jan 1918 | |||
| 26th Jan 1916 | |||
| 23rd Oct 1915 | |||
| 26th Jan 1915 | |||
| 24th Oct 1914 | |||
| 27th Jan 1913 | |||
| 28th Jan 1912 | |||
| 28th Oct 1911 | |||
| 28th Jan 1911 | |||
| 27th Jan 1910 | |||
| 23rd Oct 1909 | |||
| 5th Apr 1909 | |||
| 20th Apr 1908 | |||
| 26th Oct 1907 | |||
| 2nd Oct 1906 | |||
| 27th Oct 1905 | |||
| 1st Nov 1903 | |||
| 1st Nov 1902 | |||
| 27th Oct 1901 | |||
| 10th Nov 1899 | |||
| 9th Nov 1897 | |||
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| Years | Band |
|---|---|
| 2005 2006 2007 2008 | Brisbane Excelsior (Qld) |
| 1993 1994 1995 | Hawthorn City (Vic) |
| 1985 1986 1987 | Hawthorn City (Vic) |
| 1975 1976 1977 | Hawthorn City (Vic) |
| 1972 1973 1974 | Footscray Yarraville City (Vic) |
| 1912 1913 1914 | Rozelle District (NSW) |
See Also
| National Band Council of Australia: | http://www.nbca.asn.au/resultsarchive.htm |
Contest Group Notes
First designated championship Nov 1897 in Sydney, organised by the Band Association of NSW, and billed as the "Intercolonial Band Contest" (this being prior to the federation of Australia in 1901) - although this was the second in the sequence of annual contests of this title (the first being in Nov 1896 in Sydney), it was the first advertised as being for the "Championship of Australia", and the 1896 event is not usually counted as an Australian national championship.
The Australian national contest was in the early years split between NSW and Victoria; the Victorian runnings of the contest were held in Ballarat, and were instances of the Royal South Street Eisteddfod, a general festival of the arts which was inaugurated in 1879, but only included brass band contests from 1900.
From 1903 the championships were split between NSW and Victoria, with even-numbered years featuring an A Grade contest in NSW and B Grade in Victoria, and odd-numbered years vice versa.
Brass bands up to 1907 included reed instruments; valve trombones were common.
From 1909 until 1919, NSW and Victoria each ran their own National contests in opposition to each other; these are both recorded here in their own labelled sections.
1985: Junior B Grade introduced.
1988: Junior C Grade introduced.
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