Australian Championships (A Grade)
Australian Championships (B Grade) 
|
Future Events
- We believe this contest will be run on 21st Apr 2019 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- We believe this contest will be run on Apr 2020 at Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
[Add a Future Event for this Contest]
Past Results
Do you know more results for this contest? If so, please add them to the site today!
Upgrade to a pro member account and see which own choice pieces have been used at this contest.
| 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) |
| 1901 1902 1903 | Newcastle City (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.
> From 2017 Edition the Parade of Bands detailed Score / Awards not listed separately, see at 'Position' of specific Grades