Scouting and Guiding in New South Wales
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| Headquarters | 102 Bennelong Parkway, Homebush Bay | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
| Founded | 1914 | ||
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| Chief Scout |
General The Hon. David Hurley AC, DSC (Retd) Governor of New South Wales |
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| Chief Commissioner | Doug Menzies | ||
| Affiliation | Scouts Australia | ||
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Website www.nsw.scouts.com.au |
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| Headquarters | Locked Bag 950, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2012 | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Affiliation | Girl Guides Australia | ||
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Website www.girlguides-nswact.org.au |
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Scouting started in New South Wales, a State of Australia, in 1908. In the early years, local Boy Scout patrols and troops formed independently and several separate associations began operating including the Chums Scout Patrols, League of Boy Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts, Boys Brigade Scouts and Church Lads Brigade 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. Some local groups of Scouts moved between associations.
Scouting in New South Wales is now predominantly represented by Scouts Australia NSW Branch and Girl Guides NSW & ACT, a member organisation of Girl Guides Australia. There is also representation by the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. There are ethnic Scouting organisations including the Australian Association of Scouts in Exile (AASE), Polish Scouting Association, ZHP,Russian Scouts, Hungarian Scouts, Plast Ukrainian Scouts, Lithuanian Scouts, Latvian Scouts, Estonian Scouts and Guides and Homenetmen Armenian Scouts and Assyrian Eagle Scouts. There were formerly Maltese, Hellenic (Greek) and Vietnamese Scout associations.
Scouts Australia NSW Branch, formally The Scout Association of Australia New South Wales Branch, is a branch of Scouts Australia. In 1914, The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom formed The Boy Scouts Association New South Wales Section which was incorporated in 1928 and, upon the formation of Scouts Australia in 1958, became its NSW branch.
The 2015 Scouts Australia NSW Annual Report indicated that there were 14,018 youth members of Scouts Australia in NSW and 4,237 adult members. Scouts Australia NSW branch has 464 registered Scout Groups administered through 66 Districts in 10 Regions and operates programs for all of Scouts Australia youth sections of Joeys, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers.
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