Scouts Australia
Organizational data
Country	Australia
Founded	1907
Founder	Lord Baden Powel
Membership	84 000 [1]
Chief Scout	Michael Jeffery[2]
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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 national member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1953. Scouts Australia Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the Governor-General of Australia. ... Image File history File links Scout_logo2. ... This article is about the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts/Girl Guides organizations. ... The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is the supranational organization which governs most national Scout Movements, with 28 million members. ...

Scouting in Australia

Boy Scouts reviewed by Lord Baden Powell in Canberra in 1927

Boys in the Commonwealth of Australia were involved in Scouting as early as 1908 ^[3], the year the first Boy Scout training handbook "Scouting for Boys" was published in England. The visits made to Australia by Baden-Powell in 1912 and in later years (1927, 1931 and 1934) encouraged the extension of the Movement in Australia. ^[4] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... See also: 1926 in Australia, other events of 1927, 1928 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. ... For other uses, see Commonwealth (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts/Girl Guides organizations. ... “Publisher” redirects here. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ...

Although each state branch in Australia was directly and individually responsible to Imperial headquarters in London, there grew up a desire to achieve co-operation at headquarters level and so a federal council of nominees from each state council was formed in 1922. This body later appointed an Australian Commissioner. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

For more than 30 years, Scouting was co-ordinated 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. ^[5] 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. A map displaying todays federations. ... For the ship of the same name, see Royal Charter (ship). ... An Act of Parliament or Act is law enacted by the parliament (see legislation). ...

Scouts Australia is a 'federation' made up of branches that operate in each Australian state and territory. Each branch is completely separate, maintaining its own structure and operational methodologies and rules, however all operate under a common uniform and common award scheme structure. How each branch chooses to structure itself down to individual Group level remains the prerogative of the relevant Branch.

The Chief Scout of Australia is the Australian Governor General,^[2] who is the representative in Australia of the Monarch (currently Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II). The Chief Scout in each state is normally the State Governor, who is also the Monarch's representative in each State. Look up majesty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Majesty is an English word rooting in the Latin Maiestas, meaning literally, Greatness. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

Australia was made a member of the World Scout Organisation of Scout Movements (WOSM) in 1953 and is a Founder Member of the Asia-Pacific Region. In the field of support and co-operation with other member countries of the Asia Pacific Region, the organisation has contributed to a number of international friendship and community development orientated projects. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is the supranational organization which governs most national Scout Movements, with 28 million members. ...

Over the years, Australian Scouts have supported emerging Scout Associations in the South Pacific. A twinning project with the Bangladesh Scouts, known as the "Bangladesh-Australia Child Health" (BACH) project made a dramatic impact on child health in project villages during its operation from 1986 to 1992. ^{[6] [7]} The Scout Association has a twinning project with the Nepal Scouts known as NATURE Project and involves the reforestation of the Kristi Landslide. ^[8] The Nepal Scouts are the national Scouting and Guiding organization of Nepal. ...

Australia hosted the successful 16th World Scout Jamboree and the 31st World Scout Conference in 1988. Some 15,000 Scouts from 94 countries attended the Jamboree at Cataract Scout Park near Sydney. An Australian Scout Jamboree has been held every three years since 1934 except for the years of the Second World War. The scout jamboree is the largest national scout event but there is also an Australian Rover Moot and an Australian Venture are also held every three years. The World Scout Jamboree, also officially denominated with the French title Jamboree Scout Mondial, is a Scouting jamboree, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts, aged 14 to 17, from all over the world. ... The World Scout Conference (WSC) is the general assembly of Scouting and is composed of six delegates from each of the 155 member Scout associations. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... The Australian Scout Jamboree is a jamboree which is held every three years in Australia. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Australian Rover Moots are the major national event run by Australian Rovers who are part of Scouts Australia. ... Venturer participate in what is known as a Venture which is the venturer equivalent of a Jamboree, but for Venturers there is a lot more freedom and latitude in what they do. ...

Scouts Australia created a youth forum in 2001, called the National Youth Council. It contains 30 members from the scout, venturer, and rover youth ages.^[9] The only member of the council who is an adult leader is the National Youth Council Adviser. It works with issues that affect the youth members, such as the Venturer Review (2007), the badge system, peer pressure and is designed to provide a connection between youth members and the management of the association.

In 2003 Scouts Australia became a Registered Training Provider under the banner of the Federal Dept. of Science, Technology and Training. Scouts Australia's Adult Leader Training now leads Adults to a Diploma of Leadership under the Australian Qualifications Framework. ^[10]

According to its own Annual Reports ^[11] membership has decreased in all sections from a total of 84,502 in 2126 Groups in 2001 to a total of 63,200 in 1836 Groups in 2005, although membership of the Venturer and Rover sections increased slightly from 2004 to 2005.

Sections in Scouting

Youth in Scouting are divided into several age related groupings. They are designed to overlap and encourage movement through the sections as the youth member matures. This article is about the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts/Girl Guides organizations. ...

The youngest section is Joeys (6 - 8 Years). Joeys is about activities to help develop a child's sense of personal identity and sharing. This is shown by the Joey scout law is A Joey cares, a Joey shares. This section is followed by Cubs (7.5 - 11) which aims to develop a sense of adventure and achievement and a chance to grow their character. The Scouts Section (10.5 - 15) promotes understanding of campcraft and the environment, whilst developing team skills and organizational abilities. Venturers (14.5 - 17) uses the skills learnt in the later years of scouting through a system of self - governance. Rovers (17 - 26) is all about developing the social connections gained in earlier years in scouting and serving the community and the organisation. ^[12] Joey Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for the youngest age group in Scouting. ... Cub Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 8 - 10 1/2. ... Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 10. ... Scouts Australia Logo Venturer Scouts, formerly Senior Scouts, is the fourth section of Scouts Australia, and was first formed in 1946. ... Rovers, formerly Rover Scouts, is the fifth and final section of Scouts Australia, and began in 1918. ...

Uniform

Throughout its history the Scouting Movement has been clearly identified by its uniform. Over the years much goodwill has been received by the Scout Movement and the uniform serves as a focus for the support of the community.

Within the Movement the adult uniform enables the leaders to be closely identified with those they lead. The uniform also expresses the basic values that are involved in being an Adult Leader. For an Adult Leader, the uniform expresses the fact that all are equal before the task in hand. Common ideals are shared by recognising the roles of other leaders by the insignia on their uniforms.

The core uniform is a dark blue shirt with the relevant youth Section colour across the sleeves, yoke and collar; a blue or moss-green belt; scarf and woggle.

• Tan for Joeys
• Yellow for Cubs
• Green for Scouts
• Maroon for Venturers
• Red for Rovers

These colours are the official ones for the youth sections. The colour for the leaders' shirt is dark blue. Joey Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for the youngest age group in Scouting. ... Cub Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 8 - 10 1/2. ... Scouts is the section of Scouts Australia for boys and girls aged 10. ... Scouts Australia Logo Venturer Scouts, formerly Senior Scouts, is the fourth section of Scouts Australia, and was first formed in 1946. ... Rovers, formerly Rover Scouts, is the fifth and final section of Scouts Australia, and began in 1918. ...

Lone Scouts

The Lone Scout Group is for the youth unable to attend or find a local Scout group. Lones include people with disabilities and are therefore unable to attend regular group meetings, people who are constant travelers or go to places at which they are unable to attend a group ie; boarding school or isolated communities.^[13]

Scouts Australia elsewhere

Non-sovereign territories with Scouting run by Scouts Australia include

• Australian Indian Ocean Territories of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Norfolk Island

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Other Scout organizations in Australia

Other Scout organizations in Australia include an independent branch of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego/ZHP, a Polish emigré Scout organization, nonaligned to a supranational organization and not connected with ZHP/Poland; as well as the National Organization of Russian Scouts, an emigré Scout organization, not connected with Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators. Fleur-de-lys, the symbol of the ZHP ZwiÄ…zek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, ZHP) is the coeducational Polish Scouting organization recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement. ... Membership badge of Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators The Russian Association of Scouts/Navigators (Russian: ), or RAS/N (), is the national Scouting federation of Russia, which became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 2004. ...

There are also members of Scouts of Australia, who are affiliated to the Order of World Scouts and a few groups of Baden-Powell Scouts who are affiliated to World Federation of Independent Scouts. Membership badge of the Order of World Scouts The Order of World Scouts (OWS) was originally founded in 1911, and revitalized in 1991. ... Membership badge of the United Kingdom Baden-Powell Scouts The Baden-Powell Scouts (BPSA) are a youth organisation found in various countries. ... Membership badge of World Federation of Independent Scouts The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) was formed in Laubach, Germany, in 1996 by Lawrie Dring, a British Scouter with the independent Baden-Powell Scouts Association (BPSA). ...

See also

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• Guides Australia
• Queen's Scout Award
• Sea Scouts
• Baden-Powell Guild (Australia)
• Gang Show
• Clement Roy Nichols

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References

External links

• Scouts Australia
• Scouts Australian Capital Territory
• Scouts New South Wales
• Scouts Northern Territory
• Scouts Queensland
• Scouts South Australia
• Scouts Tasmania
• Scouts Victoria
• Scouts Western Australia
• Victorian Scout Heritage Centre
• Australian Scouting Resources

Scouting in Australia
Sections
Joeys | Cubs | Scouts | Venturers | Rovers
Branchs
Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia | Christmas and Cocos Islands | Norfolk Island