Scouting and Guiding in the Northern Territory

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Scouting and Guiding in the Northern Territory is predominantly represented by the branches of Scouts Australia and Girl Guides Australia covering the Northern Territory.

Scouts Australia

Scouts Australia, officially The Scout Association of Australia, is the largest Scouting organisation in Australia and is a registered member organisation of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It operates personal development programs for children and young adults from 6 to 25 years of age in Australia and Australian territories. Scouts Australia was formed in 1958 and was incorporated in 1967. Scouts Australia's programs were opened to girls after 1971.

Girl Guides Australia

Girl Guides Australia (GGA) is the national Guiding organisation in Australia. Its mission is to empower girls and young women to grow into confident, self-respecting members of the community. Membership is open to all girls and young women from all cultures, faiths and traditions. Guiding groups formed in Australia as early as 1909, and by 1920 Girl Guide Associations had been formed in six states. In 1926 the State Associations federated and formed a national organisation which became a founding member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. It has 30,000 members including 18,000 youth members, aged 5 to 17. Over a million Australian women are or have been Guides. The Girl Guide emblem incorporates the Commonwealth Star.

Northern Territory federal territory of Australia

The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other Indonesian islands. The NT covers 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 246,700, making it the least-populous of Australia's eight states and major territories, with fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.

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History

The 1st Darwin Scout Group in Darwin was registered in 1928 under the command of Captain Len Samut. At that time it was registered with The Boy Scouts Association New South Wales Branch, but its registration passed to the association's Queensland Branch in 1929. The first group registered in Alice Springs was in 1936, but there are suggestions that Scouting had been operating there since 1923. The first Group to be formed in Tennant Creek was in 1941, and the first group to be formed in Katherine was in 1957, giving Scouting a presence in the main Territory towns. Registration passed from The Boy Scouts Association's Queensland Branch to its South Australian Branch in 1955. At that time, Scouting had not fully recovered from the Second World War and only two troops, 2nd Darwin and 1st Alice Springs, were recorded as operating.

Darwin, Northern Territory City in the Northern Territory, Australia

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia, situated on the Timor Sea. It is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 145,916. It is the smallest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre.

The Scout Association scouting organisation in the United Kingdom

The Scout Association is the largest Scouting organisation in the United Kingdom and is the World Organization of the Scout Movement's recognised member for the United Kingdom (UK). Following the origin of Scouting in 1907, the association was formed in 1910 and incorporated in 1912 by a Royal Charter under its previous name of The Boy Scouts Association.

New South Wales State of Australia

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In March 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 7.9 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

Details with a photograph in the Chinese-Australian Historical Images in Australia (CHIA) database states that the 1st Scout Troop finished in 1931 and that the 2nd Darwin Scout Troop was established by Jo Ruddict in 1938. [1]

The Scout Association of Australia formed a Northern Territory Area in 1973. On 1 April 1989, The Scout Association of Australia, Northern Territory Branch was formed. Commodore Eric Johnston, then Administrator of the NT became Chief Scout of the NT Branch and was sworn in by Asche, then Chief Justice of the Northern Territory. Successive Administrators of the Northern Territory have been Chief Scouts of the NT Branch.

Commodore Eric Eugene Johnston was a Royal Australian Navy officer and the Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1 January 1981 to 1 July 1989. During his naval career he commanded HMAS Vendetta in the Vietnam War. Later he commanded HMAS Perth from 1976 to 1978. After Cyclone Tracy, as Naval Officer Commanding Northern Australia, he was involved in the administration of emergency naval assistance. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1988.

Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC is a former Administrator of the Northern Territory and was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

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Scouts Australia today

There are 12 Groups in 2013, includes those in Darwin (Darwin Sea Scouts) and its northern suburbs (Alawa and Sanderson), Berrimah, Palmerston, Howard Springs, Humpty Doo, Batchelor, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, Groote Eylandt, Alice Springs.[ citation needed ] There is a campsite maintained by the branch at Woorabinda at Howard Spring Nature Reserve. The previous campsite at Darwin River was returned to Crown Land in 2013 as it was unable to be maintained after bushfires in 2000. [2] The Chief Commissioner is Shane McCorkell and President is Elizabeth Morris. [3]

Alawa, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Alawa is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is bounded by Trower and Dripstone Roads, Lakeside Drive and the Rapid Creek. It is in the local government area of City of Darwin.

Sanderson, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

The Town of Sanderson is not a town as such, but an area of land within the Municipality of Darwin and contains a number of suburbs Anula, Wulagi, Karama and Malak.

Berrimah, Northern Territory Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Girl Guides Australia

The Territory Office is in Parap. There were 7 Guide units in 2008 and 15 Guide Units in 2013 in the Territory including units in Darwin, Palmerston/Litchfield, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.[ citation needed ] The State Commissioner is Linda Durran. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Chinese-Australian Historical Images Accessed 28 January 2007
  2. ↑ Bureau of Meteorology Report Accessed 28 January 2007
  3. ↑ Scouts Australia Northern Territory Archived 2006-02-02 at the Wayback Machine .
  4. ↑ Girl Guides Northern Territory
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