Scouting in Australia
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The Scout
and Guide
movement in Australia
consists of
there. R.C. Packer and the Sunday Times in 1908 supported the formation of the Legion of Boy Scouts.
The Boy's Brigade launched their Scouts program in 1909. Troops under the British Boy Scouts (BBS) program began Australian operations in 1909. Other Scouting organizations formed in 1909 were: Imperial Boy Scouts, Church Scout Patrols program of the Anglican Church Lads' Brigade, Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland, Girl Peace Scouts and YMCA Scouts.
In 1910 th CHUMS Scout Patrols merged with the BBS. Also in July 1910, the Australian Boy Scouts was started. With affiliation to the United Kingdom's Boy Scouts Association.
The Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland renamed itself to League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queensland Section and again in 1914 to Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section. The Australian Boy Scouts had merged with the Imperial Boy Scouts to become Australian Imperial Boy Scouts (A.I.B.S.) by 1912.
In 1912, the Gippsland Boy Scout Association was formed and affiliated with the A.I.B.S. The Church Scout Patrols ceased activities by 1912 while the League of Boy Scouts had stopped operating around 1914. A part of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the V.A.D.s during World War I
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Baden-Powell's scouting organization finally extended itself to Australia almost five years after founding, known as the Baden-Powell Boy Scouts in 1914. Its New South Wales Section formed that year. Additional sections were formed over the years: Tasmanian, South Australia and West Australia (1920/1921), Victorian (1923), and the Queensland Branch in 1926 with the merger of the Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section.
Another part of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the Girl Guides in the 1920s. Norfolk Island Boy Scouts formed in 1922. The Methodist Boy Scouts (W.A.) associated with Boy Scouts Association after 1924. The Boys' Brigade Scouts program ended in 1927 while the Catholic Boy Scouts' Association formed the same year.
Norfolk Island Boy Scouts signed up with The Boy Scouts Association in May 1930. The final Girl Peace Scouts troop ceased operating in 1935. During World War II, the Australian I.B.S. disbands. Girl Guides were started on Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands in 1927.
For more than 30 years, Scouting was coordinated by the Australian Federal
Scout Council, which functioned as a Branch of the British Boys Scout Association. In 1958 the adjuration of the Australian Boys Scout Association took place and in 1967 the national organisation was incorporated by Royal Charter
. The public name of the association was changed to the Scout Association of Australia in 1971, when girls were first admitted, although the official name was not changed until 2001, when the Royal Charter was amended through an Act of Parliament
. The Organisation is now known as 'Scouts Australia', however its formal title remains The Scout Association of Australia.
The 1st Devonport Scouts went independent in 1981, leaving the YMCA Scouts.
went independent in 1939 after being a part of the Boys' Brigade Scouts from 1910 to 1927 and affiliated League of Boy Scouts over the same period; then a part of the Boy Scout Association from 1934. The Blue Boy Scouts ceased operations in 1957.
in May 1984. In January 1990 they became legally incorporated in South Australia
. The Baden-Powell Movement in Australia is independent of Scouts Australia
. The Movement started in Australia in two isolated places, each without the knowledge of the other. The earlier one was in Tasmania
, the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (Tasmania) Inc. which formed in 1982, and the other was in Adelaide
. The Movement in South Australia now has about 500 members, comprising three groups in the metropolitan Adelaide
area. The 1st Devonport Scouts affiliated with the Baden-Powell Scouts in 1985. The one group of about 40 in Tasmania is also part of the association. There are 6 groups in New South Wales and 1 in Queensland. The Baden-Powell Movement in Australia has a number of sections catering for a wide age range. These are Joeys, Cubs and Venturers.
The Independent Australian Scouts
, also known as Scouts of Australia, is an organization that was founded in 1986, becoming an affiliate and successor to British Boy Scouts in Australia.
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....
and Guide
Girl Guides
A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...
movement in 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...
consists of
- Australian Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides, which includes Trefoil Guild of Australia, Baden-Powell Guild of AustraliaBaden-Powell Guild (Australia)The Baden-Powell Guild of Australia is an Organisation of adults, who have previously been Youth Members or Leaders in the Scout or Guide Movements, and believe they never want to abandon the ideals and principles, that they grew up learning and perfecting. Every State of Australia has a "Branch"...
, St. George's Guild of Australia, member of International Scout and Guide FellowshipInternational Scout and Guide FellowshipThe International Scout and Guide Fellowship is a worldwide organization of Scout alumni in support of Scouting and Guiding who want to strengthen dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide.... - Baden-Powell Movement in Australia, member of the World Federation of Independent ScoutsWorld Federation of Independent ScoutsThe World Federation of Independent Scouts is the non-governmental international organization which governs 82 affiliated Scout Organizations in 41 countries, with an estimated 200,000 members in 3562 Scout Groups...
- Girl Guides Australia, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ScoutsWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl ScoutsThe 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...
- Independent Australian ScoutsIndependent Australian ScoutsIndependent Australian Scouts is an alternative Scouting organisation to the World Organization of the Scout Movement's Australian member, Scouts Australia, operating as a central umbrella organization for independent local Scouting associations or clubs...
, formerly called "Scouts of Australia", linked to the Order of World ScoutsOrder of World ScoutsThe Order of World Scouts founded in 1911, was the first international Scouting organisation. It is headquartered in England, with the administration headquarters in Italy...
. - Scouts AustraliaScouts AustraliaScouts 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...
, member of the World Organization of the Scout MovementWorld Organization of the Scout MovementThe World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
Scout-like youth organisations and non-aligned Scouting organisations
- Hashomer HatzairHashomer HatzairHashomer Hatzair is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine...
Australia. - Royal Rangers Australia, affiliated to Royal RangersRoyal RangersRoyal Rangers is a worldwide ministry of the Assemblies of God and is designed to provide youth with challenging activities while providing them with Christian instruction. Royal Rangers International is open to participation of both boys and girls, while the US only allows boy participation in...
International - Salvation Army Guarding and Legion Activities (SAGALA), a Scout like programme for young people between 5 and 18
International Scout and Guide units in Australia
A number of "Scouting-in-exile" organizations, from Ukraine, Baltic States, Russia, Hungary and Poland, were formed in the 1940s. Other exile associations were formed in 1950s. Groups from the Hellenic Scouts and the Maltese Scouts organizations also formed during the 1950s.- Hungarian Scouting, served by Külföldi Magyar CserkészszövetségKülföldi Magyar CserkészszövetségKülföldi Magyar Cserkészszövetség is a Scouts-in-Exile organization created for youth of Hungarian descent. Scouting makes it possible for the young men and women to learn more about their Hungarian heritage, language and culture...
- Hungarian Scout Association in Exteris - Russian Scouting, served by National Organization of Russian Scouts
- HomenetmenHomenetmenHomenetmen is a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sport and Scouting. The motto of Homenetmen is "Elevate Yourself and Elevate Others with You" .-Foundation:...
, an Armenian organization devoted to athletics and Scouting is also active in Australia - PlastPlastThe Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply Plast is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine.-First Phase: 1911-1920:...
-Ukrainian Scouting Organisation in Australia - Polish Scouting Association, ZHP in Australia Inc
- Assyrian Eagle Scouts of AustraliaAssyrian Scouting and GuidingAssyrian Scouting and Guiding is composed of multiple small Assyrian Scouting associations, open mainly to boys and girls of Assyrian descent in Iraq, Lebanon, Australia and Sweden, and previously in Syria.-History:...
- There are also Vietnamnese Scouting units in Australia. and Latvian Scout units
History
Scouting started in Australia with some individual troops in Western Australia and Victoria in 1907. CHUMS Scout Patrols started forming in Australia in 1908 due to the circulation of CHUMS publicationChums (paper)
Chums was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 that was the official paper of the British Boy Scouts and British Boys' Naval Brigade . The publisher also gathered the weekly paper into monthly and annual editions...
there. R.C. Packer and the Sunday Times in 1908 supported the formation of the Legion of Boy Scouts.
The Boy's Brigade launched their Scouts program in 1909. Troops under the British Boy Scouts (BBS) program began Australian operations in 1909. Other Scouting organizations formed in 1909 were: Imperial Boy Scouts, Church Scout Patrols program of the Anglican Church Lads' Brigade, Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland, Girl Peace Scouts and YMCA Scouts.
In 1910 th CHUMS Scout Patrols merged with the BBS. Also in July 1910, the Australian Boy Scouts was started. With affiliation to the United Kingdom's Boy Scouts Association.
The Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland renamed itself to League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queensland Section and again in 1914 to Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section. The Australian Boy Scouts had merged with the Imperial Boy Scouts to become Australian Imperial Boy Scouts (A.I.B.S.) by 1912.
In 1912, the Gippsland Boy Scout Association was formed and affiliated with the A.I.B.S. The Church Scout Patrols ceased activities by 1912 while the League of Boy Scouts had stopped operating around 1914. A part of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the V.A.D.s during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Baden-Powell's scouting organization finally extended itself to Australia almost five years after founding, known as the Baden-Powell Boy Scouts in 1914. Its New South Wales Section formed that year. Additional sections were formed over the years: Tasmanian, South Australia and West Australia (1920/1921), Victorian (1923), and the Queensland Branch in 1926 with the merger of the Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section.
Another part of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the Girl Guides in the 1920s. Norfolk Island Boy Scouts formed in 1922. The Methodist Boy Scouts (W.A.) associated with Boy Scouts Association after 1924. The Boys' Brigade Scouts program ended in 1927 while the Catholic Boy Scouts' Association formed the same year.
Norfolk Island Boy Scouts signed up with The Boy Scouts Association in May 1930. The final Girl Peace Scouts troop ceased operating in 1935. During World War II, the Australian I.B.S. disbands. Girl Guides were started on Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands in 1927.
For more than 30 years, Scouting was coordinated by the Australian Federal
Federation
A federation , also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central government...
Scout Council, which functioned as a Branch of the British Boys Scout Association. In 1958 the adjuration of the Australian Boys Scout Association took place and in 1967 the national organisation was incorporated by Royal Charter
Royal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
. The public name of the association was changed to the Scout Association of Australia in 1971, when girls were first admitted, although the official name was not changed until 2001, when the Royal Charter was amended through an Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
. The Organisation is now known as 'Scouts Australia', however its formal title remains The Scout Association of Australia.
The 1st Devonport Scouts went independent in 1981, leaving the YMCA Scouts.
The Blue Boy Scouts
The Blue Boy Scouts of Mount Morgan, QueenslandMount Morgan, Queensland
Mount Morgan is a town located in central Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Dee River, 38 kilometres south of the city of Rockhampton, and is 680 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. The Burnett Highway passes through the town...
went independent in 1939 after being a part of the Boys' Brigade Scouts from 1910 to 1927 and affiliated League of Boy Scouts over the same period; then a part of the Boy Scout Association from 1934. The Blue Boy Scouts ceased operations in 1957.
Life Saving Scouts
In 1923, the Life Saving Scouts were formed by the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army Life Saving Scouts were replaced with the Boy's Legion in 1970s.Baden-Powell Movement in Australia
The Baden-Powell Movement in Australia was established in AustraliaAustralia
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...
in May 1984. In January 1990 they became legally incorporated in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. The Baden-Powell Movement in Australia is independent 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...
. The Movement started in Australia in two isolated places, each without the knowledge of the other. The earlier one was in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (Tasmania) Inc. which formed in 1982, and the other was in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. The Movement in South Australia now has about 500 members, comprising three groups in the metropolitan Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
area. The 1st Devonport Scouts affiliated with the Baden-Powell Scouts in 1985. The one group of about 40 in Tasmania is also part of the association. There are 6 groups in New South Wales and 1 in Queensland. The Baden-Powell Movement in Australia has a number of sections catering for a wide age range. These are Joeys, Cubs and Venturers.
Independent Australian Scouts
Australia BBS activities continued until 1950, while members continue to exist in the organization to present date.The Independent Australian Scouts
Independent Australian Scouts
Independent Australian Scouts is an alternative Scouting organisation to the World Organization of the Scout Movement's Australian member, Scouts Australia, operating as a central umbrella organization for independent local Scouting associations or clubs...
, also known as Scouts of Australia, is an organization that was founded in 1986, becoming an affiliate and successor to British Boy Scouts in Australia.