: Dianne Hodgson
: To Challenge Oneself! The History of Girl Guide Section Badges in Australia
: Vivid Publishing
: 9781923078628
: To Challenge Oneself!
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A Journey Through the Girl Guide Badges of Australia Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Girl Guides, was passionate about challenging himself to expand his knowledge and skills. Inspired by this ideal, he created a program of challenges for girls and young women, which became the foundation of the Girl Guide movement and its iconic badges. This book delves into the history of Girl Guides in Australia from 1909 to 1996, exploring the evolution of its sections and badges. In the early years, Australian Guides followed the English badge system, but over time, a uniquely Australian syllabus and set of badges emerged. As society transformed over the 20th century, so too did the badges, reflecting the changing roles, skills, and interests of girls and young women. The author found researching this history to be a fascinating journey and hopes readers will find it equally inspiring and insightful.

Dianne Hodgson is the author of 'To Challenge Oneself: The History of Girl Guide Section Badges in Australia 1909 - 1996'

~ CHAPTER 1 ~

INTRODUCTION

To Challenge Oneself! From their early youth Robert and Agnes Baden-Powell were always challenging themselves to develop their knowledge and skills in as many areas as possible but particularly adventuring in the outdoors. When Robert Baden-Powell started Boy Scouts and later asked his sister Agnes to start the Girl Guides, they set about stimulating the youth members to challenge themselves through a badge system. The idea underlying the award of badges was to offer the girl continual inducements for further improving herself.1 The Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movements were founded on developing basic skills and knowledge and building upon those skills through further development and challenging oneself. These included many everyday life skills as well as developing a broader knowledge of the world around them. For over 100 years Scouts and Girl Guides have been following these ideals.

2Girl Guides were named by Lord Baden-Powell sometime in August 1909. A letter from Sir Percy W Everett, answered in B-P’s own handwriting on 25th August that year, asks whether Girl Guides is to be the new name for Girl Scouts, and this is affirmed. Letters in early August still referred to them as Girl Scouts. This places the naming of Girl Guides before the Crystal Palace Rally of 4th September, 1909, even though the Scheme for Girl Guides was not released to the public until 8th November, 1909.3

Although the official starting date in the United Kingdom was 1910, in 1909 in the Scout Headquarters publication there was a training section outlining ‘The Scheme for Girl Guides’ including tests and badges.4 Girl Guides in Australia did not officially start until 1911. However, prior to these dates many girls wanted to follow their brothers in the Boy Scouts and may have set up unofficial units or been part of other organisations such as Peace Scouts and the Australia League of Girl Aids. By 1919, many societies had affiliated with Girl Guides including The Young Women’s Christian Association, The Girls’ Friendly Society, The Federation of Women’s Institutes and the Volunteer Service League.

The official start dates for each state are listed below:

• Tasmania (GGT)1911

• Victoria (GGV)1911

• South Australia (GGSA)1912

• Western Australia (GGWA)1915

• Queensland (GGQ)1919

• New South Wales (GGNSW)1920

• Northern T