Scouting and Guiding in Tasmania

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Tasmania
Tasmania Scouts Australia.svg
Owner Scouts Australia
HeadquartersLea Scout Centre
LocationKingston, Tasmania
CountryAustralia
Founded1921
Founder The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom
Chief Scout Barbara Baker
Chief CommissionerPhil Harper
Website
www.tas.scouts.com.au
WikiProject Scouting fleur-de-lis dark.svg  Scouting portal

Scouting in Tasmania began in 1908 with several separate associations operating in the early years including the Chums Scout Patrols, League of Boy Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts, British Boy Scouts and YMCA Scouts. These were later joined by The Boy Scouts Association, The Girl Guides Association and Life-Saving Scouts and Life Saving Guards of the Salvation Army. [1] [2] Some local groups of Scouts moved between associations. There has also been representation by the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association with a group of scouts in Devonport under Alan Richmond, OAM affiliating in May 1984. [3]

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Scouting and Guiding in Tasmania is now predominantly represented by Scouts Australia's Tasmanian Branch and Girl Guides Australia's Tasmanian Branch.

The Scout Association Of Australia Tasmanian Branch

The Scout Association Of Australia Tasmanian Branch is organised around several Scout Districts: [4]

and a District for Distant Groups.

The main adult training centre is the Lea Scout Centre, 8 km from Hobart. It also houses the Branch Headquarters and the Tasmanian Scout Heritage Centre opened in 1997. There are several other Activity Centres throughout the State.

History

Captain D. Colbron Pearse was Assistant Commandant at the Humshaugh Camp run by the publishers of The Scout magazine, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, in England in 1908. [5] Pearse was working for Pearsons as an illustrator. Pearse moved to Tasmania in 1922 and was involved in Scouting for the rest of his life.[ citation needed ] In 1922, he was Publicity Manager for The Boy Scouts Association, Tasmanian Branch.[ citation needed ] In 1926 he was Assistant Chief Commissioner and welcomed Baden-Powell, the Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association, to Tasmania.[ citation needed ]

Girl Guides Tasmania

Girl Guides Tasmania is divided into 4 Regions [6]

Guides Tasmania has two camp sites, Nindethana by the Tamar River near Launceston and Orana 20 km from Hobart. [7]

Gang Shows

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References

  1. Robert Campbell (1997). "Australian Scout History". boy-scout.net. Dorset, England, UK: The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. Robert Campbell (1993) Origins of the Scouts, Sydney, Australia
  3. Ray Jeffrey (1990) The History of Scouting in Tasmania, 1909-1985
  4. "Home Page".
  5. Scouting Milesones Biographies - Dennis Colbron Pearse
  6. Guide Divisions
  7. Guides Tasmania Camp sites
  8. Hobart Gang Show