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In 1931, the founder of Scouting and Chief Scout of the World, Lord Baden-Powell, met Somers during a tour of Australia and was impressed by his commitment to Scouting. [10] On Somers' return to Britain, The Boy Scouts Association appointed Somers as its Chief Commissioner in 1932 and then its deputy Chief Scout from 1935 to 1941. Baden-Powell ...
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
This list of museums in Victoria, Australia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Scouts Victoria is a branch of Scouts Australia that delivers its programs in Victoria for children and youths from the ages of 6 to 26. In 1923, The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom formed a branch in Victoria which was incorporated in 1932 [9] and, upon the formation of The Scout Association of Australia in 1958, became its Victorian branch.
When he was the governor-general from 1989 to 1996, Bill Hayden declined to be the organisation's chief scout. [14] In 2015, the actor Shane Jacobson was appointed as the Chief Scout of the Victorian branch. The organisations position of Chief Scout of its Australian Capital Territory branch was allowed to lapse and has been left vacant.
Girl Scout Museum at Daisy's Place, [62] Girl Scouts of Tanasi Council Office, Knoxville, Tennessee; Girl Scout Museum, Girl Scouts of Northern California, [63] Oakland, California and at Camp Bothin in Fairfax, California; Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum, [64] Salt Lake City, Utah; Goodykoontz Museum of Girl Scout History, [65] Houston, Texas
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Rovering in Victoria is part of Scouting in Victoria and is predominantly the Rover section of Scouts Australia in Victoria, Australia, which is run by the Victorian Branch Rover Scout Council. At the 2012 Census, there were 1033 registered Rover Scouts in Victoria, in roughly 100 Rover Crews.