| Girl Guides Australia | |||
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| Country | Australia | ||
| Founded | 1927 | ||
| Membership | ~19,000 | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Helen Reid | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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| Website http://www.girlguides.org.au/ | |||
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Girl Guides Australia (GGA) is the national Guiding organisation in Australia. Its mission is to empower girls and young women to grow into confident, self-respecting members of the community. Membership is open to all girls and young women from all cultures, faiths and traditions. Guiding groups formed in Australia as early as 1909, and by 1920 Girl Guide Associations had been formed in six states. In 1926 the State Associations federated and formed a national organization[1] which became a founding member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. It still operates as a federated structure made up of six state-based Guiding organisations. It has roughly 19,000 members (as of 2021) including adult and youth members.[2] Over a million Australian women are or have been Guides.[3] The Girl Guide emblem incorporates the Commonwealth Star.
- ^ "History of Guiding - Girl Guides Australia". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "GGA Annual Report 2021" (PDF).
- ^ "About Us". Girl Guides Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2009.