Scouting in Victoria
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Scouting and Guiding in Victoria
, a State of Australia
, is predominantly represented by the state branch of Scouts Australia
and Girl Guides Victoria, a member of Girl Guides Australia.
that caters to the needs of young people throughout the state, providing them with educational and fun activities from the ages of 6 to 26, although adult leaders are often much older and still take advantage of these opportunities. Scouts also offer much support to their local communities at their own expense, from working at the local council festival to helping in the aftermarth of the 2009 Black saturday bushfires and 2011 Victorian floods
.
Scouting appears to have started as early as 1907 in an informal way:
It is unclear which was the first Scout Troop in Victoria, but by the end of 1908, there were 11 Scout Troops in Victoria.
The Boy Scouts Association, Victorian Branch was incorporated in 1912 by Royal Charter of George V
and the 1932 Boy Scout Association Act.
Victoria hosted the Australian Scout Jamboree
(AJ2007) from 2–13 January 2007 in Elmore
in regional Victoria. It was the first official worldwide Scouting event to celebrate the 100 years of Scouting.
The Branch is divided into 11 Regions: Bays, Eastern, Geelong, Lerderderg, Melbourne, Mt Dandenong, Northern, North West, Sunraysia, Western, West Coast. In early 2010, the Branch reorganised the Regions in and around the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, to align them with the State Government's main growth corridors. The new regions came into effect in April 2010, with the Rover Section now operating within the new region structure as of their July AGM's.
is held every three years at Gilwell Park during the Easter school holidays. However in 2010 it will be held in the September School holidays.
Stradbroke Cup is a hike and camp event for the Scout section
, also held on the Easter
long weekend, though it is held in various locations around the state, to allow the maximum number of participants to take part. The cup is named after George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
, Governor of Victoria 1921-1931.
Hoadley Hide is one of the main events on the Venturer Scouts
calendar in Victoria
. It is also a hike camp that is run annually on the Easter
long weekend. Victorian Gathering is the main way for Venturers to end the year, held on the first weekend in December, its location rotates every two years.
Surfmoot takes place on the Australia Day
long weekend, and is the beginning to the Rover Year, a sun, sea and beach event held in Anglesea. It is the largest annual Rover
event in Australia. Mudbash is the premier event of Rover Motorsport, taking place on the Queen's Birthday
long weekend at Mafeking Rover Park. Non-rover visitors are welcome on the Sunday. Mudbash also has its own on-site Radio Station, Mud FM 94.9 Which Broadcasts all weekend, providing commentary on the racing
Scouthike takes place on the second weekend in November, and is a hike event for the Scout section]]. This event changes location each year, with the most recent event taking place at Tallarook State Forest, north of Melbourne
. This event regularly has more than 300 participants, and almost 100 leaders, Rovers and Venturer Scouts helping out with check points and activities, scoring and communications, as well as running the sleep points.
and activity centre for Scouting
groups in Victoria
, Australia
. It is also a training
and conference centre for Scout Leader
s. The 250 acres (1 km²) property is located on both sides of the Launching Place Road, Gembrook
. One of the founders and the Warden from 1924 until his death in 1947 was Charles "Arch" Hoadley
, whom the former Hoadley Region was named after.
Gilwell Park was named after the original Gilwell Park
in London. In 1920, the first leader training course was held at what would become Gilwell Park, after it was donated to the Scout Association.
Robert Baden-Powell
, founder of the Scouting Movement, approved the naming of the new Training Centre and visited it twice, in 1931 and again in 1935. One of the features of the park is the Chief's Gate, built specially for Baden-Powell, which guards the entrance to The Chief's Approach. Other locations include The Gauntlet Commando course — built for the World Rover Moot and the Lochan, a lake that is famously freezing all year round — even in the depths of summer. The EM Derrick Pack Holiday Centre, a bunkhouse and hall/kitchen that is primarily used by Cub Packs for their Pack Holidays, as well as for training courses, and the Hoadley and deMolnar Training Areas are dedicated to Wood Badge
Training, though like most buildings they are open for hiring.
Gilwell Park is home to the tri-annual Victorian Cuboree, a five-day camp that hosts thousands of Cub Scouts. Hundreds of Leaders
, Venturers
, Rovers
also attend and provide much worthwhile service. In September 2010 Cuboree 6 was held in the grounds with 2500 Cubs and 300 Venturers attending.
The Warden of Gilwell Park has the rank of a full Branch Commissioner and is assisted by a staff of two paid Rangers who live on site.
Gilwell Park is currently subject to a revival campaign, attempting to make it financially viable into the future, by attempting to make it more attractive to school groups for use during the week.
Two films have been made at Gillwell Park Including the 2008 Australian Film Dying Breed
and the 2009 Film Where The Wild Things Are
, to preserve the history of the Scout Movement. It was started in the early 1970s when the Chief Commissioner appointed Ian Croll as archivist. The current head of the Heritage Centre is Sue Tanck, Branch Commissioner for Heritage.
Items in the Heritage Centre's collection of approximately 20,000 include a copy of the 1912 Royal Charter incorporating The Scout Association in the UK and Dominion
s, every book published by Baden Powell including Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa, of which only two other copies are known to exist, memorabilia from every Australian Jamboree, an exhibition of past uniforms including a total of 700 scarves, and artefacts from the Changi Rover Crew, which, due to their value, are unfortunately not on general display.
also operates in Victoria.
The Florence Nightingale Girl Aids were established in 1909, by Wynifred Gipps, and were recognised as Baden-Powell Girl Guides in 1911. Originally refused a warrant as a Guide Leader as being too young, when Gipps reached the age of 21, in April 1912, she became the first warranted Guide Leader in Australia. On 6 February 1911, the 1st Hawthorn Company was formed, led by Louie Kerr. This Company claims to the first in Australia with the full name "Baden-Powell Girl Guides". A Guiding organisation for Victoria was formalised in 1921 and the first State Commissioner was Lady Stradbroke.
Girl Guides in Victoria are taking the pledge to Stand Against Poverty, and meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals
.
in enamel. An appeal was made for alternative designs and in 1927, a new design was chosen. Margaret Moore, a Guider and Commissioner suggested the design and it was drawn by Dorothea Holtz. The design was the Southern Cross
on a blue lozenge surmounted by a crown. The same badge is currently still in use.
Centre in honour of the only Australian to be chairman of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
.
The site was part of Burnet's farm and was donated to the Guiding movement by the Burnet family for camping and outdoor recreation.
Women of Note is a group of exceptional women, often professional women or business women, who support Girl Guides Victoria. They share their skills through the Girl Guides Victoria Mentor Program. Women of Note also hold Mentor Breakfasts across regional and metropolitan Melbourne
. At these breakfasts, Year 11 students meet with the group to develop career networks.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, a State of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, is predominantly represented by the state branch of Scouts Australia
Scouts Australia
Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. Scouts Australia is part of the global Scouting movement and has been a national member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1953...
and Girl Guides Victoria, a member of Girl Guides Australia.
Scouts Australia - Victorian Branch
Scouts Victoria is a volunteer-based Non-profit organizationNon-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that caters to the needs of young people throughout the state, providing them with educational and fun activities from the ages of 6 to 26, although adult leaders are often much older and still take advantage of these opportunities. Scouts also offer much support to their local communities at their own expense, from working at the local council festival to helping in the aftermarth of the 2009 Black saturday bushfires and 2011 Victorian floods
2011 Victorian floods
High intensity rainfall between 12–14 January 2011 caused major flooding across much of the western and central parts of the Australian state of Victoria...
.
Scouting appears to have started as early as 1907 in an informal way:
- "The cradle of Scouting in Victoria was the Tooronga Rd. State School, Caulfield; where in late 1907 one of the pupils, Roy McIndoe, received from a friend in England, who had been a member of the experimental camp at Brownsea Island, some pamphlets which had been issued by the Chief. These he showed to his mates who immediately got red shirts, their father's old felt hats, formed 'patrols' and 'whooped round the place like Red Indians'. Later in 1908 when they received the first copies of Scouting for Boys, they settled down to genuine Scouting."
It is unclear which was the first Scout Troop in Victoria, but by the end of 1908, there were 11 Scout Troops in Victoria.
The Boy Scouts Association, Victorian Branch was incorporated in 1912 by Royal Charter of George V
George V
George V was king of the United Kingdom and its dominions from 1910 to 1936.George V or similar terms may also refer to:-People:* George V of Georgia * George V of Imereti * George V of Hanover...
and the 1932 Boy Scout Association Act.
Victoria hosted the Australian Scout Jamboree
Australian Scout Jamboree
The Australian Scout Jamboree is a jamboree which is held every three years by Scouts Australia. The Jamboree is traditionally held in early January and typically runs for 10 nights....
(AJ2007) from 2–13 January 2007 in Elmore
Elmore, Victoria
Elmore is a small town in Victoria north-east of Bendigo on the Campaspe River. Elmore is close to the Whipstick State Park.At the 2006 census, Elmore had a population of 694.-History:...
in regional Victoria. It was the first official worldwide Scouting event to celebrate the 100 years of Scouting.
The Branch is divided into 11 Regions: Bays, Eastern, Geelong, Lerderderg, Melbourne, Mt Dandenong, Northern, North West, Sunraysia, Western, West Coast. In early 2010, the Branch reorganised the Regions in and around the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, to align them with the State Government's main growth corridors. The new regions came into effect in April 2010, with the Rover Section now operating within the new region structure as of their July AGM's.
Regular events
The Victorian CuboreeCub Scouts (Australia)
Cub Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 8–10½. They join what is called a pack, made up of no more than 20 children and 3-4 sixes.The cub scout section is largely based around the Jungle Book story...
is held every three years at Gilwell Park during the Easter school holidays. However in 2010 it will be held in the September School holidays.
Stradbroke Cup is a hike and camp event for the Scout section
Scouts (Australia)
Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 10.5 - 15, although they can move up to the Venturer Scouts section from the age of 14.5. It follows the Cub Scout section. Scouts belong to patrols, headed by a youth leader as Patrol Leader, with an Assistant Patrol Leader. Patrols...
, also held on the Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
long weekend, though it is held in various locations around the state, to allow the maximum number of participants to take part. The cup is named after George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke KCMG CB CVO CBE VD TD was a British noble and the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia....
, Governor of Victoria 1921-1931.
Hoadley Hide is one of the main events on the Venturer Scouts
Venturer Scouts (Australia)
Venturer Scouts, formerly Senior Scouts, is the fourth section of Scouts Australia, and was first formed in 1946. Venturers are aged between 14.5 and 17.5 years of age and are organised into Units, which can be a part of a single Scout Group or a stand alone group. both types of Unit take Scouts...
calendar in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. It is also a hike camp that is run annually on the Easter
Easter
Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
long weekend. Victorian Gathering is the main way for Venturers to end the year, held on the first weekend in December, its location rotates every two years.
Surfmoot takes place on the Australia Day
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...
long weekend, and is the beginning to the Rover Year, a sun, sea and beach event held in Anglesea. It is the largest annual Rover
Rovers (Australia)
Rovers, formerly Rover Scouts, is the fifth and final section of Scouts Australia, and began in 1918. Rovers are aged between 17 and 26 years of age and are organised into local Crews, which can be associated with a Scout Group or operate as a stand-alone Crew. Crews accept anyone interested in...
event in Australia. Mudbash is the premier event of Rover Motorsport, taking place on the Queen's Birthday
Queen's Official Birthday
The Queen's Official Birthday is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of Commonwealth realms is officially celebrated in Commonwealth countries and in Fiji, which is now a republic. It is an invention of the early 20th century...
long weekend at Mafeking Rover Park. Non-rover visitors are welcome on the Sunday. Mudbash also has its own on-site Radio Station, Mud FM 94.9 Which Broadcasts all weekend, providing commentary on the racing
Scouthike takes place on the second weekend in November, and is a hike event for the Scout section]]. This event changes location each year, with the most recent event taking place at Tallarook State Forest, north of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. This event regularly has more than 300 participants, and almost 100 leaders, Rovers and Venturer Scouts helping out with check points and activities, scoring and communications, as well as running the sleep points.
Gilwell Park
Gilwell Park is a campsiteCampsite
A campsite or camping pitch is a place used for overnight stay in the outdoors. In British English a campsite is an area, usually divided into a number of pitches, where people can camp overnight using tents or camper vans or caravans; this British English use of the word is synonymous with the...
and activity centre for Scouting
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
groups in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is also a training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
and conference centre for Scout Leader
Scout Leader
A Scout Leader or Scouter generally refers to the trained adult leader of a Scout unit. The terms used vary from country to country, over time, and with the type of unit.-Roles:...
s. The 250 acres (1 km²) property is located on both sides of the Launching Place Road, Gembrook
Gembrook, Victoria
Gembrook is a town in Victoria, Australia, 54 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia...
. One of the founders and the Warden from 1924 until his death in 1947 was Charles "Arch" Hoadley
Charles Hoadley
Charles Archibald Brookes Hoadley was an Australian geologist. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1911 with a degree in mining engineering, and was a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition led by Sir Douglas Mawson from 1911–14. Hoadley was a member of the Western Base Party...
, whom the former Hoadley Region was named after.
Gilwell Park was named after the original Gilwell Park
Gilwell Park
Gilwell Park is a camp site and activity centre for Scouting groups, as well as a training and conference centre for Scout Leaders. The 44 hectare site is in Sewardstonebury, Epping Forest, close to Chingford, London....
in London. In 1920, the first leader training course was held at what would become Gilwell Park, after it was donated to the Scout Association.
Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Bt, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB , also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement....
, founder of the Scouting Movement, approved the naming of the new Training Centre and visited it twice, in 1931 and again in 1935. One of the features of the park is the Chief's Gate, built specially for Baden-Powell, which guards the entrance to The Chief's Approach. Other locations include The Gauntlet Commando course — built for the World Rover Moot and the Lochan, a lake that is famously freezing all year round — even in the depths of summer. The EM Derrick Pack Holiday Centre, a bunkhouse and hall/kitchen that is primarily used by Cub Packs for their Pack Holidays, as well as for training courses, and the Hoadley and deMolnar Training Areas are dedicated to Wood Badge
Wood Badge
Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership program and the related award for adult leaders in the programs of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills, and by creating a bond and commitment to the Scout movement...
Training, though like most buildings they are open for hiring.
Gilwell Park is home to the tri-annual Victorian Cuboree, a five-day camp that hosts thousands of Cub Scouts. Hundreds of Leaders
Scout Leader
A Scout Leader or Scouter generally refers to the trained adult leader of a Scout unit. The terms used vary from country to country, over time, and with the type of unit.-Roles:...
, Venturers
Venturer Scouts (Australia)
Venturer Scouts, formerly Senior Scouts, is the fourth section of Scouts Australia, and was first formed in 1946. Venturers are aged between 14.5 and 17.5 years of age and are organised into Units, which can be a part of a single Scout Group or a stand alone group. both types of Unit take Scouts...
, Rovers
Rovers (Australia)
Rovers, formerly Rover Scouts, is the fifth and final section of Scouts Australia, and began in 1918. Rovers are aged between 17 and 26 years of age and are organised into local Crews, which can be associated with a Scout Group or operate as a stand-alone Crew. Crews accept anyone interested in...
also attend and provide much worthwhile service. In September 2010 Cuboree 6 was held in the grounds with 2500 Cubs and 300 Venturers attending.
The Warden of Gilwell Park has the rank of a full Branch Commissioner and is assisted by a staff of two paid Rangers who live on site.
Gilwell Park is currently subject to a revival campaign, attempting to make it financially viable into the future, by attempting to make it more attractive to school groups for use during the week.
Two films have been made at Gillwell Park Including the 2008 Australian Film Dying Breed
Dying Breed
Dying Breed is an Australian horror film, which was directed by Jody Dwyer and stars Leigh Whannell and Nathan Phillips.-Synopsis:A group of hikers looking for a Tasmanian Tiger encounter a family of cannibals descended from Alexander Pearce who are out to find fresh breeding stock to...
and the 2009 Film Where The Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 , a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film...
Ethnic Scouting
Victoria is also home to several scout groups that cater mostly to specific ethnic groups, such as 6th Box Hill (Greek) and The 5th Melbourne Scout Group, also known as the 1st Latvian Scout Group and is a member of both Scouts Australia and the Latvian Scout Movement. It is also part of ESGAV - the Ethnic Scout and Guide Association.Scout Heritage Victoria
Scout Heritage Victoria, is located in a small cottage known as Sithen Brownsea, in Como Avenue, South YarraSouth Yarra, Victoria
South Yarra is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Stonnington and Melbourne...
, to preserve the history of the Scout Movement. It was started in the early 1970s when the Chief Commissioner appointed Ian Croll as archivist. The current head of the Heritage Centre is Sue Tanck, Branch Commissioner for Heritage.
Items in the Heritage Centre's collection of approximately 20,000 include a copy of the 1912 Royal Charter incorporating The Scout Association in the UK and Dominion
Dominion
A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...
s, every book published by Baden Powell including Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa, of which only two other copies are known to exist, memorabilia from every Australian Jamboree, an exhibition of past uniforms including a total of 700 scarves, and artefacts from the Changi Rover Crew, which, due to their value, are unfortunately not on general display.
Girl Guides Victoria
Girl Guides Victoria is a member organisation of Girl Guides Australia. Guides follow the programme approved at national level. Girl Guides Victoria is divided into twenty-six regions. Lone GuidingLone Guides
Lone Guides or Lones are those Girl Guides and Girl Scouts who do not attend group meetings for a variety of reasons. They are organised into groups that keep in touch, for example, by letter or email. Members carry out their organisation's normal programme on their own as much as they are able....
also operates in Victoria.
The Florence Nightingale Girl Aids were established in 1909, by Wynifred Gipps, and were recognised as Baden-Powell Girl Guides in 1911. Originally refused a warrant as a Guide Leader as being too young, when Gipps reached the age of 21, in April 1912, she became the first warranted Guide Leader in Australia. On 6 February 1911, the 1st Hawthorn Company was formed, led by Louie Kerr. This Company claims to the first in Australia with the full name "Baden-Powell Girl Guides". A Guiding organisation for Victoria was formalised in 1921 and the first State Commissioner was Lady Stradbroke.
Girl Guides in Victoria are taking the pledge to Stand Against Poverty, and meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals are eight international development goals that all 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the year 2015...
.
State Commissioners
- 1922 - 1926 Helena, Lady Stradbroke
- 1926 - 1931 Finola, Lady Somers
- 1931 - 1948 Lady Chauvel
- 1948 - 1953 Beverley Orr
- 1953 - 1958 Margaret Curtis-Otter
- 1958 - 1963 Irene Fairbairn
- 1963 - 1968 Lady Joyce PriceJoyce PriceLady Joyce Ethyl Price was a noted leader of the Guide movement in Australia and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts .She was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia...
- 1968 - 1973 Charlotte Renshaw Jones
- 1973 - 1978 Joan Grimwade
- 1978 - 1983 Marjorie West
- 1983 - 1988 Maren Chandler
- 1988 - 1993 Dorothy Woolley
- 1993 - 1998 Heather Barton
- 1998 - 2003 Jane Scarlett
- 2003 - 2008 Ellen Boyd
- 2008 - Noella Kershaw
State Badge
By 1926, the State Badge was a sprig of wattleAcacia
Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
in enamel. An appeal was made for alternative designs and in 1927, a new design was chosen. Margaret Moore, a Guider and Commissioner suggested the design and it was drawn by Dorothea Holtz. The design was the Southern Cross
Crux
Crux is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.-Visibility:...
on a blue lozenge surmounted by a crown. The same badge is currently still in use.
Properties
Several of Girl Guides Victoria's properties are owned and/or managed in conjunction with Scouts Australia. These include Lockington, Bungle Boori and the Guide-Scout Water Activities Centre. The headquarters was named the Joyce PriceJoyce Price
Lady Joyce Ethyl Price was a noted leader of the Guide movement in Australia and of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts .She was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia...
Centre in honour of the only Australian to be chairman of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...
.
Britannia Park
Britannia Park is a campsite belonging to Girl Guides Victoria. It is located near Yarra Junction in Victoria, Australia. It is 72 km east of Melbourne. The site covers 42 acres (169,968.1 m²), although the original purchase was smaller.Burnet Park
Burnet Park is a campsite located between Traralgon and Morwell. There are three campsites and Illangi - the house on the hill, with accommodation for 29. There is also a tree house platform.The site was part of Burnet's farm and was donated to the Guiding movement by the Burnet family for camping and outdoor recreation.
The Guide-Scout Water Activities Centre
The Guide-Scout Water Activities Centre is located on Port Philip Bay. Activities include sailing, canoeing and paddle-boarding.Lady Stradbroke Cup
The Lady Stadbroke Cup is an annual competition and the winners are presented with the Lady Stradbroke Cup. The cup was presented to the then Girl Guides Association of Victoria by Lady Stradbroke in 1926.Women of Note and the Blue and Gold Society
The purpose of the Blue and Gold Society is to promote Guiding in the community. This is achieved by events such as cocktail parties with guest speakers. Membership of the society is open to both men and women.Women of Note is a group of exceptional women, often professional women or business women, who support Girl Guides Victoria. They share their skills through the Girl Guides Victoria Mentor Program. Women of Note also hold Mentor Breakfasts across regional and metropolitan Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. At these breakfasts, Year 11 students meet with the group to develop career networks.
Gang Shows and other theatrical experiences
- Melbourne Gang Show - started in 1953.
- Camberwell Showtime started in 1965, is written, directed and performed by the Scouts and Guides of Boroondara.
- Whitehorse Showtime , started in 1965, is presented by the Scouts and Guides of the Mount Dandenong Region.
- Strzelecki Showtime - started in 1969, is written and presented by Strzelecki District Scouts with local Guides (Latrobe Valley).
- Sunraysia Gang Show - started in 1976, held in the states North West.
- South Metro Showtime - started in 1982 in Melbourne.
See also
- Scouting and Guiding in Australia
- Rovering in VictoriaRovering in VictoriaRovering in Victoria is part of Scouting in Victoria and is predominantly the Rover section of Scouts Australia in Victoria, Australia, which is run by the Victorian Branch Rover Council. At the 2008 Census, there were 950 registered Rovers in Victoria, in roughly 100 Rover Crews.Rovers, is the...
- Baden-Powell Scouts' Association
- ESGAV-the Exile Scout and Guide Association of Victoria
- John Russell SavigeJohn Russell SavigeJohn Russell Savige MC, ED was a leading figure in Scouting in Victoria. From 1939 to 1945 he served in World War II and was taken Prisoner of War in Crete....
- Kookaburra (song)Kookaburra (song)"Kookaburra" is a popular Australian nursery rhyme and round about the Kookaburra , written by Marion Sinclair .-Composition:...