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Scouting In Australia
The Scout and Guide movement in Australia consists of: * Scouts Australia (The Scout Association of Australia), a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * Girl Guides Australia, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts * Baden-Powell Scouts in Australia, member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts * Independent Australian Scouts, formerly called "Scouts of Australia", linked to the Order of World Scouts. * National Scout and Guide Fellowship, NSGF(A), formerly known as the Australian Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides, which includes Trefoil Guild of Australia, Baden-Powell Guild of Australia, St. George's Guild of Australia, member of International Scout and Guide Fellowship Non-aligned Scouting organisations and Scout-like youth organisations * Hashomer Hatzair Australia. * Royal Rangers Australia, affiliated to Royal Rangers International refers to its activities as "scouting" * Salvation Army Guards and Legion Activities ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports. Another widely recognized movement characteristic is the Scout uniform, by intent hiding all differences of social standing in a country and encouraging equality, with neckerchief and campaign hat or comparable headwear. Distinctive uniform insignia include the fleur-de-lis and the trefoil, as well as merit badges and other patches. In 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, a Lieutenant General in the British Army, held a Scouting encampment on Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote '' Scouting for Boys'' (London, 1908), partly based on his earlier military books. The Scout Movement of both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts was well established in the first decade of the twentieth century. Later, programs for younger children, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Organization Of Russian Scouts (Scouts-in-Exile)
The National Organization of Russian Scouts (NORS; russian: Национальная Организация Русских Скаутов, ''НОРС'', alternately ''Национальная организация Российских скаутов'') is one of the two large Russian Scouting in Exile movements. This organization has historically drawn the liberal side of the spectrum of Russians in exile. In 2009 NORS celebrated the centenary Jubilee of Russian Scouting. History After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the organization Русский Скаут went into exile, and continued in many countries where fleeing White Russian émigrés settled, establishing groups in France, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Argentina, Chile, Canada, Australia, United States and for a short time also in the Netherlands and Suriname. A much larger mass of Russian Scouts moved through Vladivostok to the east into Manchu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Lads' And Church Girls' Brigade
The Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade is an Anglican youth organisation with branches in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Bermuda, Kenya, South Africa, Barbados, Newfoundland and St Helena. Its origins lie in the formation in 1891 of the Church Lads' Brigade with its sister organisation, the Church Red Cross Brigade, later the Church Girls' Brigade, founded in 1901. The two respective founders were Walter M. Gee and the Reverend Thomas Milner. The two brigades amalgamated in 1978 to form the Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade. The Church Lads' Brigade was one of the founding members of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS), and the Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade remains a member by virtue of its work towards the personal and social development of young people.Full list of NCVYS members [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Imperial Boy Scouts
Australian Imperial Boy Scouts (AIBS) was a Boy Scout organization that formed from the merger of the Australian Boy Scouts into the Imperial Boy Scouts lasting from 1912 until 1932. History In 1909 the Imperial Boy Scouts (IBS) formed while the Australian Boy Scouts (ABS) were founded in 1910. Most troops formed in Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... were joined up with the IBS or ABS. The IBS Victoria Section requested in September 1911 that the Minister of Defence allow IBS troops to undergo military cadet training under military supervision, but were denied as being a voluntary association. By 1912, the IBS and ABS merged into the Australian Imperial Boy Scouts. In 1912, the Gippsland Boy Scout Association was formed and affiliated with the AIBS. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Boy Scouts
The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association (BBS & BGS Association; also known as The Brotherhood of British Scouts) is an early scouting organisation, having begun as the Battersea Boy Scouts in 1908.'' The Scout'', September 1908 The organisation was renamed as the British Boy Scouts and launched as a national organisation on 24 May 1909. In association with other Scout organisations, the BBS formed the National Peace Scouts in 1910. The BBS instigated the first international Scouting organisation, the Order of World Scouts in 1911. History British Boy Scouts The British Boy Scouts was founded in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts, a local association of Scout troops. The Battersea Boy Scouts later briefly registered with Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts organisation but, in 1909, withdrew and formed the British Boy Scouts (BBS), out of a concern that Baden-Powell's organisation was too bureaucratic and militaristic and too closely associated with commercial interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys' Brigade Australia
The Boys' Brigade in Australia is a Christian uniformed youth organisation in Australia, which is part of the global Boys' Brigade movement. History The Boys' Brigade was first introduced into Australia well within a decade of the formation of the movement in Glasgow by William Smith. In 1890-91, a Company was formed at the St. Mark’s Church of England, Fitzroy, Melbourne. The next Company to be formed was at the Wesley Church, Perth in 1895 and this was very quickly followed by Companies in each of the other States on a fairly scattered basis. To provide a more coordinated basis for growth, an Australian Council was formed at the turn of the century, based in Sydney. The first Annual Report in 1900 noted that the Secretary knew of 15 Companies functioning with a membership of 431 Boys and 41 Officers. The first Battalion Council was formed in Adelaide in 1901 and comprised four Companies. In the beginning of the 20th century, several Companies of the Naval Boys' Brigade we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scouting And Guiding In Queensland
Scouting and Guiding in Queensland is represented by Scouts Australia, Girl Guides Australia, Plast Ukrainian Scouts, and the Australian Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. History CHUMS Scout Patrols started forming in Australia in 1908 due to the circulation of CHUMS publication there. R.C. Packer in 1908 supported the formation of the ''League of Boy Scouts''. St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its unit on 23 November 1908. In 1909, the Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland formed. Other groups could have been formed in Queensland by the Boy's Brigade Scouts, British Boy Scouts (BBS), Imperial Boy Scouts (IBS), Anglican Church Lads' Brigade's Church Scout Patrols, Girl Peace Scouts and YMCA Scouts. In 1910 the CHUMS Scout Patrols merged with the BBS. Also in July 1910, the Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland affiliated to the United Kingdom's Boy Scouts Association and changed names to League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Morgan, Queensland
Mount Morgan is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Mount Morgan had a population of 1,963 people. The town was the administrative centre of the Mount Morgan Shire until March 2008, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Region. Geography The town of Mount Morgan is situated on the Dee River, south of the city of Rockhampton, and is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The Burnett Highway passes through the town. There are a number of neighbourhoods within the locality: * Gordon Vale () * Kenbula (), located around the former Kenbula railway station * Talban (), located around the former Talban railway station The names ''Kenbula'' and ''Talban'' were both assigned by the Queensland Railway Department on 18 November 1911. Both are Aboriginal names, ''Kenbula'' meaning '' ironbark tree'' and ''Talban'' meaning ''stone curlew''. History Prior to European mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times (Western Australia)
''The Sunday Times'' is a tabloid Sunday newspaper published by Western Press Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Seven West Media, in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia. Founded as The West Australian Sunday Times, it was renamed The Sunday Times from 30 March 1902. Owned since 1955 by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia and corporate predecessors, the newspaper and its website ''PerthNow'', were sold to Seven West Media in 2016.SWM finalises purchase of The Sunday Times . '''', 8 November 2016, page 3 History Established by |
Robert Clyde Packer
Robert Clyde Packer (24 July 187912 April 1934), known as R. C. Packer, was a journalist, media proprietor and founder of Australia's Australian Consolidated Press, Packer media dynasty, which would later own Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and now owns holds a controlling interest in Crown Resorts through Consolidated Press Holdings. Early life Packer was born in Tasmania, the son of a senior customs official, Arthur Howard Packer (died 20 August 1912) and Margaret Fitzmaurice Packer (née Clyde; 1855–1915). Arthur Packer was a son of Frederick Alexander Packer and his wife Augusta (née Gow). Both were members of the Royal Academy of Music in London and had arrived in Hobart in 1852 so that Frederick could take up the position of organist at St David's Cathedral, Hobart, St. David's Cathedral in Davey Street. The Packers were originally from the Reading, Berkshire, Reading area in the Thames Valley and Frederick's father was a master pianoforte manufacturer who plie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chums (paper)
''Chums'' was a boys' weekly newspaper started in 1892 by Cassell & Company and later, from 1927, published by Amalgamated Press. The publisher gathered the weekly paper into monthly and annual editions. The monthly versions were published on the 25th of the month, and up to November 1920 included all the content of the weekly editions. From then on, the monthly editions had all the story content of the weeklies, but left out the covers. This left a gap which was then filled by short stories, articles and even serials that were not included in the weekly edition.The serial ceased publication in 1941. ''Chums'' was notably the sponsor of the Chums League, Chums Society of Stamp Collectors, Chums Scouts, the British Boy Scouts and the British Boys Naval Brigade/National Naval Cadets. ''Chums'' is one of the most highly sought-after boys' papers by collectors due to its distinctive and attractively illustrated red covers. History Started by Cassell & Company in 1892 as a weekly news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHUMS Scout Patrols
The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association (BBS & BGS Association; also known as The Brotherhood of British Scouts) is an early scouting organisation, having begun as the Battersea Boy Scouts in 1908.'' The Scout'', September 1908 The organisation was renamed as the British Boy Scouts and launched as a national organisation on 24 May 1909. In association with other Scout organisations, the BBS formed the National Peace Scouts in 1910. The BBS instigated the first international Scouting organisation, the Order of World Scouts in 1911. History British Boy Scouts The British Boy Scouts was founded in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts, a local association of Scout troops. The Battersea Boy Scouts later briefly registered with Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts organisation but, in 1909, withdrew and formed the British Boy Scouts (BBS), out of a concern that Baden-Powell's organisation was too bureaucratic and militaristic and too closely associated with commercial inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
