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2024 Chief Scout of Australia?
[edit]Has anyone got a verifiable source for acceptance of office and the appointment of Governor-General Sam MOSTYN as the Chief Scout? The Scouts Australia website and media releases remain silent (although the site also does not list its own executive officers). Nil entries on the Facebook page. Nothing obvious on the Governor-General's diary or when searching the webpage.–Q8682 (talk) 11:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Scouts Australia page now updated. Still no scout news articles.–Q8682 (talk) 12:57, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Girls in Scouting, Australia
[edit]Many mentions of the "Boy Scouts" and name changes through the years - interested to see this page expand more on when they allowed girls to join the Scouts in Australia (I believe it's been 20+ years now) and how that was received at the time. Chicko-roller (talk) 06:00, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- Updated. Over 125 years to be precise, and as youth members, over 50 years, and completely by 01 Jul 1990 (35 years).
- Females from 1908/9 until 1910; LCMs by 1920; Venturers 1973 (and VLs), rovers 1975 (and RAs), cubs and scouts in 1988 (CLs already included females, but SLs now included females), and joey scouts in 1990.[1][2] The second-registered lady cubmaster in Australia (although more likely just in NSW – or at least where it was issued as a specifically named leader warrant) was Mrs Kubig of 1st Darlinghurst Troop, Sydney, who after four years in that role, died in 1928.[3] Note you can also find and update the article from reliable sources.–Q8682 (talk) 10:57, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- Some personal recollections. Over the 1971/72 New Year there was an Australian Rover Moot in Perth. While no females were officially members at that time, girls were able to attend the Moot as "Associated Ladies". A big part of the Moot was conference sessions where issues such as the future of Rovering in Australia were discussed. One obvious issue was females in Rovers. The Rovers at the Moot voted almost unanimously in support of a resolution to admit girls into Rovers. This was obviously not binding on the Association, but I believe it was one significant step along the pathway. HiLo48 (talk) 11:39, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
References
- ↑ "Feature article: Scouting – Developing Leaders of Tomorrow". 1301.0 - Yearbook Complete, 2008. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ↑ "Chronology". Scouts Queensland. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ↑ "Called to a Higher Service". Sunday Times. No. 2189. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1928. p. 3 (Sunday Coloured Comic Times). Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.