Scouting and Guiding in Western Australia

Scouting in Western Australia, a State of Australia, is predominantly represented by a branch of Scouts Australia and Girl Guides Western Australia, a member organisation of Girl Guides Australia.

History

Scouting began in Western Australia in 1908 when eighteen-year-old Frank Roche from Spearwood established the first Scout Patrol. By the end of 1909 there were 416 members in 16 Groups. In 1912, the Founder, Robert Baden-Powell visited Perth. Girl Guides started in Western Australia in 1915 in a very formal way when the Women’s Service Guild staged a public meeting, under Vice Regal patronage, in the Perth Town Hall on 28 June 1915. The Governor moved, "That a Girl Guide Association be formed in this State and that we apply to the Girl Guide Association of Great Britain for a warrant".[1] In 2015, Western Australia's biggest scout group's meeting place and hall (1st Mandurah Scouts) was bulldozed- after the City of Mandurah sold the property to supermarket giant Audi.

Scouts Australia in Western Australia

Western Australia
Owner Scouts Australia
Headquarters Baden-Powell House, 581 Murray Street, West Perth WA 6005
Country Australia
Membership 7,200
Chief Scout (WA) Malcolm McCusker, AO
Chief Commissioner Larry Lucas [2]
Website
http://www.scoutswa.com.au

The Branch is organised around Districts:

Perth Metropolitan Districts

Regional Districts

A Scout Gang Show started in Perth in 1962. Two Australian Scout Jamborees have been held in Western Australia in 1979/80 and 1994/95.

Sea Scouts in Western Australia are active. The premier Sea Scout Competition in WA is the Master Mariners competition. The Junior Shield is currently held by Bayswater Sea Scouts, the Senior Shield by Canning Venturer Sea Scouts and the Rover Oar by Pelican Point Rover Crew. There are currently 10 Sea Scout Groups in WA.

There is a Scout Water Activity centre located in Como that land based groups can use. An annual regatta is held there.

Air Scouting is currently represented by the 1st Bullsbrook Air scouts. Air Scouts do a wide range of air activities.

Facilities

Major branch events

The following are the major competitions that are held in Western Australia.

Scouts

Venturers

Rovers

Water Activities/Sea Scouts (involving more than one section)

Girl Guiding Western Australia

Girl Guides Western Australia
Headquarters Burswood, Western Australia
Country Australia
Founded 28 June 1914
Membership 2,600
State Commissioner Dr Brenda Hamlett
Affiliation

Girl Guides Australia

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Website


Girl Guides Western Australia is one of the seven member organisations of Girl Guides Australia[6] Girl Guides WA has around 2,600 members.[7]


Girl Guide Units operate throughout the state and are organised into regions

Centenary of Girl Guides in WA

From 28 June 2014 to 28 June 2015, Girl Guides WA celebrates 100 years of Guiding in Western Australia. A number of events and special projects are being organised for the occasion, including a Centenary Dinner for adult members, past members and supporters, "Jamboree with a Difference" and collection of information for the state archives. [8]

Our Barn

Girl Guides WA operates "Our Barn" in York [9] The original building on the property is from the Victorian Era and was originally the stables of Haversham House. It has a rich history, and was used by the Red Cross in World War II as a convalescent home for the armed services. Our Barn was converted into a dormitory by Girl Guides WA in the 1970s and officially opened as a Guide Property in 1977. [10]

See also

References

  1. History of Guiding in Western Australia
  2. Chief Commissioner
  3. V4V
  4. Mission Impossible
  5. Waylen Bay Sea Scouts
  6. Girl Guides Australia. "Where is Guiding Available".
  7. About Guides WA
  8. Girl Guides WA (April 2013). WagTale. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Guide Camp sites
  10. Girl Guides Western Australia. "Our Barn, York- Brochure" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2014.

External links

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