Scouting in Queensland

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caption = Scouts Australia Logo
name = Scouts Australia
headquarters =
country = Australia
f-date = 1908
founder = Lord Baden Powell
members = 84 000 [ [http://www.apr.scout.or.jp/countries/australia.htm WOSM Asia-Pacific Region] Accessed 14 December, 2006 ]
chiefscout = Michael Jeffery [http://www.scouts.com.au/main.asp?iStoryID=734 Chief Scout] Accessed, 14 December 2006 ]

Scouting in Queensland is predominantly represented by Scouts Queensland, a branch of Scouts Australia in the State of Queensland, Australia. The current Chief Commissioner for Scouts Queensland is Maurice Law, AM. There is a small representation of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association.

History

Whilst Scouting commenced in Queensland as early as 1908, it was initially part of the Boy Scout Association incorporated by King George V in his Royal Charter dated 4 January 1912. A number of changes have occurred since then and on 23 August 1967, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II incorporated The Australian Boy Scouts Association to what is known as “The Scout Association of Australia”. The Queensland Branch was declared the first Branch of that Association.

On 15 August 1974, The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch, was incorporated by Letters Patent issued by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in pursuance of the Religious Education Charitable Institutions Act 1861 – 1967. All Members of Groups, Districts, Areas, Regions, and Branch Committees, Leaders and Youth Members belong to this body corporate.

In the 1930s, a number of Groups resisted centralisation by the Boy Scouts Association. The Mount Morgan Scouts were independent from 1939 until 1957, and this was part of the reason for the resignation of the Governor of Queensland as Chief Scout of the Queensland Branch. [ [http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/scoutaus/History-MtMorgan2.html Governor Resigns as Chief Scout] ]

Before 1939, the Boy Scouts’ Association in the United Kingdom sponsored juvenile immigration to Queensland. [ [http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/publications/research_guides/guides/immig/frames/append3.htm Voluntary and church organisations involved in migration work] ]

The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Act 1975 was an Act by the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. This Act made provisions for the vesting of property and related purposes in the Corporation styled “The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch”.

Regions

Scouting in Queensland is divided into regions:- [ [http://web.archive.org/www.scoutsqld.com.au/Links/Formations.htm Queensland Scout Regions] ]

* [http://brisnorth.scoutsqld.com.au/ Brisbane North Region]
* [http://brissouth.scoutsqld.com.au/ Brisbane South Region]
* [http://centralcoastal.scoutsqld.com.au/ Central & Coastal Region]
*Central Western Region
* [http://darlingdowns.scoutsqld.com.au/ Darling Downs Region]
* [http://farnorth.scoutsqld.com.au/ Far North Region]
*Gold Coast Region
* [http://kennedy.scoutsqld.com.au/ Kennedy Region]
*Logan and Bay Region
* [http://moreton.scoutsqld.com.au/ Moreton Region]
*Near North Coast & Country Region
*North Western Region
*Capricorn Region
*Suncoast Region
*Western Region
*Wide Bay-Burnett Region

Activities

The Baden-Powell Heritage Centre located at Samford and the Heritage Archival Reference Centre at Auchenflower hold heritage material on Scouting in Queensland and help Scouts with the Heritage Badge.

The Baden-Powell Guild also operates in Queensland and has many Sub-Branches and Members.

There is a Scout Air Activities Centre at Archerfield, Brisbane.

Web Access Made Easy has been recently founded by Scouts Queensland to be an internet service provider in Queensland and to support the Branch.

The Scout Supply Centre is a Scout Shop in Auchenflower, Brisbane, for the provision of Scout uniforms, badges, books etc.

There has been a Brisbane Gang Show since 1953. At 53 years old, it is currently one of the five oldest Gang shows in the World.

VenMX is a scouting competition hike open to all Scouts and Guides between the ages of 14 and 18. It is held on the Queensland Labourday long week end each year. Its location is kept a secret and participants are dropped off to the location and handed their maps. [ [http://www.venmx.info VenMX] ]

The Brisbane Gang Show is an amateur theatrical performance. It is the second longest continuously running Gang Show in the world staring in 1952 and being performed each year since. The show is held in July each year at the Schonell Theatre, University of Queensland. [ [http://www.brisbanegangshow.com.au Brisbane Gang Show] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.scoutsqld.com.au/ Queensland Scout Branch web page]
* [http://scoutsqld.com.au/index.cfm?MenuID=4&tShow=Group&tFormationType=Group List of Groups]
* [http://tyakunda.scoutsqld.com.au/locator.html#qld Map of Groups]
* [http://www.scoutsupply.com.au/ Scout Supply Centre]
* [http://heritage.scoutsqld.com.au/branch/support/programsupport/Heritage/ Baden-Powell Heritage Centre & Museum, Baden-Powell Park, Cash Avenue] , Samford, Queensland
* [http://www.b-pguild.com/ Baden-Powell Guild - Queensland Inc.]
*dmoz|Recreation/Scouting/Organizations/Scouts_Australia/Scouting_Groups/Queensland/|Queensland Scout Groups
*dmoz|Recreation/Scouting/Organizations/Scouts_Australia/Councils/Queensland/|Queensland Scout Councils