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Girl Guides Australia
Organizational data
Country	Australia
Founded	1910
Membership	30811
Chief Commissioner	Lynne Price
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Girl Guides Australia is the national Guiding organisation in Australia. Founded in 1910, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. It has 30,811 members (as of 2003). Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links Scout_logo2. ... For the concept of a guide, see guide. ... The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 144 countries. ...

Program and ideals

All youth members form 5-18 are known as Guides. However, they meet in age based groups.

Age 5-6: Pre Junior Guides (Previously Gumnut Guides) 7-10: Junior Guides (Brownies) 10-14: Girl Guides 14-18: Senior Guides (Ranger Guides) 18-30: Olave Program (Rangers)

Guide Leaders are adult volunteers aged 18 or over.

The Girl Guide emblem incorporates elements of the flag of Australia. National flag and state ensign. ...

The Guide Promise

I promise to do my best:
To do my duty to God,
to serve the Queen and my country,
To help other people, and
To keep the Guide Law
// Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout (or Guide) promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. ...

The Guide Law

A Guide is loyal and can be trusted.
A Guide is helpful.
A Guide is polite and considerate.
A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides.
A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things.
A Guide is obedient.
A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
A Guide makes good use of her time.
A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people.
A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does.
Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. ...

See also

• Scouts Australia

Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. ...

External links

• Girl Guides Australia site