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'''Scouts Australia''' is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. Scouts | '''Scouts Australia''' is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. Scouts Australia is part of the global [[Scouting]] movement and national member of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] since 1953. It reported a membership of 83,951 in 2001. <ref> [http://www.apr.scout.or.jp/countries/australia.htm WOSM Asia-Pacific Region] Accessed 14 December, 2006 </ref> | ||
== Scouting in Australia - a brief history == | == Scouting in Australia - a brief history == | ||
[[Image:CanberraScoutsInspectedByBadenPowell1927.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Boy scouts reviewed by Lord Baden Powell in Canberra in [[1927 in Australia|1927]]]]Boys in the [[Commonwealth]] of | [[Image:CanberraScoutsInspectedByBadenPowell1927.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Boy scouts reviewed by Lord Baden Powell in Canberra in [[1927 in Australia|1927]]]]Boys in the [[Commonwealth]] of Australia were involved in [[Scouting]] as early as 1908 <ref> [http://n2zgu.50megs.com/AUSL.htm n2zgu.50megs.com] </ref>, the year the first Boy Scout training handbook "Scouting for Boys" was [[publishing|published]] in [[England]]. The visits made to Australia by [[Baden-Powell]] in 1912 and in later years (1927, 1931 and 1934) encouraged the extension of the Movement in Australia. <ref> [http://www.scouts.com.au/main.asp?iStoryID=724 Scouting comes to Australia] Accessed 14 December 2006 </ref> | ||
Although each state branch in Australia was directly and individually responsible to Imperial headquarters in [[London]], there grew up a desire to achieve co-operation at headquarters level and so a federal council of nominees from each state council was formed in 1922. This body later appointed an Australian Commissioner. | Although each state branch in Australia was directly and individually responsible to Imperial headquarters in [[London]], there grew up a desire to achieve co-operation at headquarters level and so a federal council of nominees from each state council was formed in 1922. This body later appointed an Australian Commissioner. | ||
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*[[Image:AusOWS.gif|40px]] There are also members of [http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/scoutaus/Menu.html Scouts of Australia], who are affiliated to the [[Order of World Scouts]]. | *[[Image:AusOWS.gif|40px]] There are also members of [http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/scoutaus/Menu.html Scouts of Australia], who are affiliated to the [[Order of World Scouts]]. | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[Guides Australia]] | *[[Guides Australia]] | ||
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*[[Clement Roy Nichols]] | *[[Clement Roy Nichols]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
==External links== | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.scouts.com.au Scouts Australia] | * [http://www.scouts.com.au Scouts Australia] | ||
* [http://www.act.scouts.asn.au/ACTScouts/ Scouts Australian Capital Territory] | * [http://www.act.scouts.asn.au/ACTScouts/ Scouts Australian Capital Territory] | ||
