Politarchopolis

Politarchopolis

Also/formerly known as Politikopolis
Location Canberra, ACT
Web site http://politarchopolis.lochac.sca.org/
1 Jan 1984 – 1 Jul 1995 Shire in the Kingdom of Lochac
since 1 Jul 1995 Barony in the Kingdom of Lochac

Sub-Branches

Landed Gentry

Sovereign Consort Invested Stepped down
Baron Stephen Aldred Baroness Mathilde Adycote of Mynheniot 1 Jul 1995 9 Sep 2000
Baron François Henri Guyon Baroness Gertrud von Ritzebüttel 9 Sep 2000 31 Jan 2004
Baron Edmund Alekonner Baroness Leta von Goslar 31 Jan 2004 2 Sep 2006
Baron Alessandro von Florenz Baroness Isobel le Bretoun 2 Sep 2006 30 Oct 2010
Baron Aonghus mac Griogair mhic Raghnaill Baroness Ginevra Lucia di Namoraza 30 Oct 2010 30 Nov 2013
Baron Crispin Sexi Baroness Joan Sutton 30 Nov 2013 1 Dec 2018
Baron Giles Leabrook Baroness Anne de Tournai 1 Dec 2018 26 Aug 2021
Baroness Anne de Tournai 26 Aug 2021 4 Mar 2023
Baron Ysambart Courtin Baroness Joie Tigre d’Argentona 4 Mar 2023 17 May 2025
Baron Llewellyn de Guerre Baroness Rosa Frye 17 May 2025

Royal Events

Date Event Location
4 Jan 1986 Twelfth Night Investiture St Edmunds Hall, Griffith, ACT
8 Nov 1986 Feast of the Four Winds unknown
10 Jan 1987 Twelfth Night Tournament None
11 Jul 1987 Lochac First Coronet Investiture
29 Apr 1989 Eastern Feast
11 Nov 1989 Feast of the Four Winds Woden Churches Centre, Woden ACT
6 Jan 1990 Twelfth Night Investiture Albert Hall
7 Oct 1990 New World Picnic and Tourneys Corroboree Park, Ainslie ACT
27 Jul 1991 Silly Hat Feast Hall Pavillion, Hall ACT
4 Dec 1991 Shire Meeting & Royal Visit The Orchard, Melba ACT
5-6 Sep 1992 Spring Coronet Investiture and Tourney Belconnen Churches Centre, Belconnen / Corroboree Park, Ainslie ACT
20 Feb 1993 Scarlet Women’s St Valentine’s Revel and Tourney Corroboree Park, Ainslie ACT
16 Jun 1993 Pot-Luck Feast Kambah ACT
19 Jun 1993 A Midwinter Pot-Luck Feast Corroboree Park Community Centre, Ainslie ACT
13 Nov 1993 Feast of the Four Winds Weston Creek Community Centre, Weston ACT
8-9 Jan 1994 Principality Twelfth Night Bungendore Showgrounds, Bungendore NSW
22 Jan 1994 CANCON Newcomers’ Feast St John the Baptist Anglican Church Hall, Reid ACT
12 Feb 1994 Scarlet Women’s St Valentine’s Quest and Ball Commonwealth Park / St Johns Church Hall ACT
13 Feb 1994 Valentine Tourney
27-28 Aug 1994 Purgatorio Coronation (West) Old Goulburn Brewery, Bungonia Road, Goulburn, NSW, AU.
29-30 Oct 1994 De Medici Poisoner’s Feast and Poisoned Weapons Tourney Jamison YMCA Hall, Belconnen ACT
10 Dec 1994 The Consorts’ Pas D’Armes Edison Park, Woden ACT
18 Feb 1995 A Valentine’s Masked Ball Jamison YMCA Hall, Macquarie ACT
1-2 Jul 1995 Inaugural Politarchopolis Baronial Investiture Queanbeyan Bicentennial Function Centre, Queanbeyan NSW
7 Dec 1995 Royal Progress Feast Pensioner’s Club Hall, Acton
20 Apr 1996 High German Feast
22 Jun 1996 De Medici Poisoner’s Feast and Poisoned Weapons Tourney
3 Dec 1996 Royal Picnic Tourney
11 Jan 1997 Twelfth Night Investiture AS XXXI
15 Feb 1997 Valentine’s Ball
12 Jul 1997 Bal d’Argent
15 Nov 1997 Politarchopolis War Muster
14 Feb 1998 Valentine’s Quest and Ball Commonwealth Park, Reid, ACT, AU – Tournament, St John’s Hall, Reid, ACT, AU – Feast
5 Sep 1998 Wedding Feast and Tourney Commonwealth Park, ACT, AU – Touney, St John’s Hall, Reid, Reid, ACT, AU – Feast
27-29 Nov 1998 Valhalla Camp Cottermouth, Stromlo, ACT, AU
24-25 Jul 1999 St Vitus Dance Weekend Southside Community Centre, Narrabundah, ACT, AU
6-7 Nov 1999 Spring Coronet AS XXXIV Cottermouth Scout Camp, Stromlo, ACT, AU
9-10 Sep 2000 Politarchopolis Baronial Investiture Causeway Hall, Kingston, ACT, AU
13-14 Jan 2001 Twelfth Night Investiture Saturday: St Johns, Reid, Sunday: Glebe Park, Civic, ACT, AU.
23-25 Nov 2001 Valhalla Camp Cottermouth, Stromlo, ACT, AU.
6-7 Jul 2002 First Coronation of the King and Queen of Lochac Queanbeyan Bicentennial Centre & Ray Morton Park, Queanbeyan (near Canberra), NSW, AU.
31 Aug 2002 Tourney Feast and Revel ACT, AU
19 Oct 2002 Red and White Ball
15 Feb 2003 St Valentines St Johns Church Hall, Reid, ACT, AU
31 Jan 2004 Politarchopolis Baronial Investiture
8 May 2004 May Crown Edison Park, Woden & Hughes City Hall, Hughes, ACT, AU
18 Sep 2004 Highland Games
13 Nov 2004 A Casual War 2 Innabanya Girl Guides Camp, Manjura, ACT, AU
28-30 Jan 2005 St Blasius’ Day Innabaanya Campsite, Canberra, ACT, AU
25-26 Jun 2005 Baronial Tenth Anniversary Lake Tuggeranong Sea Scout Hall, Greenway, (Canberra) ACT, AU
26 Nov 2005 Casual War III: The Tradition Warrambui Retreat and Conference Centre, Murrumbateman, NSW, AU.
18 Feb 2006 St Valentines near lake Tuggeranong public Boat Ramp, Greenway, (Canberra) ACT AU
2-3 Sep 2006 Politarchopolis Baronial Changeover Tuggeranong Archery Club, Tuggeranong & Wesley Church Centre, Forrest & First Canberra Scout Hall, Braddon (Canberra), ACT, AU.
12-13 May 2007 May Crown Tournament Eddison Park, Woden & Weston Community Centre, Weston Creek (Canberra), ACT, AU.
16-17 Sep 2007 Lochac Guild Event Lake Tuggeranong Sea Scout Hall, Greenway, (Canberra) ACT, AU
27 Oct 2007 Baronial Championship
3-4 May 2008 New Year Celebrations Tuggeranong Archery Club, Haig Park, and Majurana Hall, Sickson ACT, AU
14 Feb 2009 St Valentine’s Day Corroboree Park Hall, Ainslie, Canberra, ACT, AU
10 Oct 2009 Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition Baronial Tourney/Feast Corroboree Park, Ainslie, ACT, AU
29 May 2010 Privateers Revel Corroboree Park, Ainslie, ACT, AU.
30 Oct 2010 Politarchopolis Baronial Changeover Canberra Archery Club, Lyneham & Majura Hall, Northside Community Centre, Dickson, ACT, AU.
15-16 Jan 2011 Twelfth Night – A Celebration of a Coronation Aspen Island, Lake Burley Griffin, & Nara Peace Park, Lennox Gardens, Canberra, ACT, AU.
9 Jul 2011 Sins of the Crusade Kambah District Park, Kambah Woolshed, Kambah, Canberra, ACT, AU.
16-18 Dec 2011 Fields of Gold Bungendore Showground, Mathews Lane, Bungendore NSW AU
18 Feb 2012 The Feast of Venus Nara Peace Park, Lennox Gardens, Canberra ACT AU
23-25 Nov 2012 Politarchopolis’ Fields of Gold AS XLVII Bungendore Showground, Mathews Lane, Bungendore NSW AU
17-18 Aug 2013 Politarchopolis Winter A&S Collegium Tuggeranong Sea Scouts Hall, Mortimer Lewis Dr, Tuggeranong ACT AU
12 Oct 2013 Tower & Fountain Tavern Feast St Aldhelm, ACT
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013 Politarchopolis’ Field of Gold Bungendore Showground Mathews Lane, Bumgendore NSW
15 Feb 2014 St Valentine’s Feast and Tourney Politarchopolis ACT
5-6 Jul 2014 Midwinter Coronation A.S.XLIX ST Johns Church Hall, Ried ACT
16-17 Aug 2014 Politarchopolis A&S Collegium Tuggeranong Sea Scouts Hall
28-30 Nov 2014 Fields of Gold Bungendore Showgrounds
21 Mar 2015 The War to Keep Politarchopolis Free (aka Mongolian BBQ) Tuggeranong Archery Club
20-21 Jun 2015 Saturnalia Yass Memorial Hall and grounds, Yass, NSW
27-29 Nov 2015 Fields of Gold V Bungendore Showground
28 May 2016 Feast of Champions Corroboree Park Hall, Ainslie, ACT
19-21 Aug 2016 Politarchopolis University Bungendore Showgrounds, NSW
25-27 Nov 2016 Fields of Gold V Bungendore Showground, Bungendore NSW
7-8 Jan 2017 Twelfth Night Coronation Tuggeranong Archery Club, Greenway ACT
1-3 Dec 2017 Fields of Gold VII Bungendore Showgrounds, Bungendore, NSW
26 May 2018 Tournament of the Black Boar and Feast of the Griffin St Johns Hall, Reid
30 Nov – 2 Dec 2018 Fields of Gold VIII Bungendore NSW
31 Aug – 1 Sep 2019 St Vitas Weekend of Dance, Music, Performance & Bal D’Argent Yass Memorial Hall, NSW
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2019 Fields of Gold Bungendore Showgrounds, Bungendore NSW 2621
16 Feb 2020 Honey and Roses: St Valentines Harvest Garran Scout Hall, ACT.
5 Dec 2020 Politarchopolis Champions of the Gryphon Tuggeranong Archery Club, 299 Soward Way
9-10 Jan 2021 Twelfth Night Crown Tourney and Coronation St John’s Anglican Church 45 Constitution Ave Reid ACT 2612
24-25 Jul 2021 Politarchopolis Winter Revel Yarralumla Woolshed, 208 Cotter Rd, Weston ACT 2611
26-27 Nov 2022 Fields of Gold
4 Mar 2023 Politarchopolis Baronial Changeover Yarralumla Woolshed, 208 Cotter Rd, Weston ACT 2611
6-7 May 2023 May Coronation
25-26 Nov 2023 Fields of Gold
10 Feb 2024 St Valentines Touring Tourney Banjo Patterson Park 78 Meehan St, Yass NSW 2582
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2024 Fields of Gold XII Bungendore Showgrounds, 71 Matthews Lane Bungendore, NSW.
9 Mar 2025 Quest for the Holy Quail
17 May 2025 Age of the Griffin St John’s Hall, Reid, ACT
17-19 Jul 2025 Winter in July Ainsley Scout Hall, Canberra
9 Aug 2025 Bal d’Argent Wesley Hall, Forrest, ACT
28-30 Nov 2025 Fields of Gold Bungendore Showgrounds, Bungendore, NSW
12 Sep 2026 A Genteel Day at the Butts Tuggertanong Archery Park, ACT

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