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Norfolk Island Boy Scouts signed up with The Boy Scouts Association in May 1930. The final Girl Peace Scouts troop ceased operating in 1935. During World War II, the Australian I.B.S. disbands. Girl Guides were started on Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands in 1927.<ref> [http://trefoilnet.info/history/1920.pdf TrefoilNet History]</ref> | Norfolk Island Boy Scouts signed up with The Boy Scouts Association in May 1930. The final Girl Peace Scouts troop ceased operating in 1935. During World War II, the Australian I.B.S. disbands. Girl Guides were started on Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands in 1927.<ref> [http://trefoilnet.info/history/1920.pdf TrefoilNet History]</ref> | ||
For more than 30 years, Scouting was coordinated by the Australian | For more than 30 years, Scouting was coordinated by the Australian Federal Scout Council, which functioned as a Branch of the British Boys Scout Association. In 1958 the adjuration of the Australian Boys Scout Association took place<ref name="ASH"/> and in 1967 the national organisation was incorporated by [[Royal Charter]].<ref>[http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/0/9146DC11D63FF08CCA256F71004F1D91/$file/ScoutAss1924.pdf Scout Association Act - amendments to 2003] Accessed 14 December 2006</ref> The public name of the association was changed to the Scout Association of Australia in 1971, when girls were first admitted, although the official name was not changed until 2001, when the Royal Charter was amended through an Act of Parliament. The Organisation is now known as 'Scouts Australia', however its formal title remains The Scout Association of Australia. | ||
The 1st Devonport Scouts went independent in 1981, leaving the YMCA Scouts. | The 1st Devonport Scouts went independent in 1981, leaving the YMCA Scouts. | ||
