Scouting and Guiding in Victoria

Scouting started in Victoria, Australia, as early as 1907 and local Boy Scout patrols and troops formed independently. Several separate central organisations began operating including Boys' Brigade Scouts, Church Lads' Brigade Scouts, Chums Scouts, Imperial Boy Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts, Imperial Boy Scouts Victoria Section, Imperial Boy Scouts Victorian Section, Gippsland Boy Scouts Association, Australian Boy Scouts, Australian Imperial Boy Scouts, The Boy Scouts Association, Life-Saving Scouts of the Salvation Army and Methodist Boy Scouts.[1][2]

Current scouting organisations in Victoria include Scouts Victoria, Russian Scouts, Polish Scouting Association ZHP, Plast Ukrainian Scouts, Hungarian Scouts, Lithuanian Scouts and Estonian Scouts, the Ethnic Scouts and Guides Association of Victoria (ESGAV), Girl Guides Victoria and the Assemblies of God Royal Rangers[3] and Salvation Army's Guards and Legion (SAGALA).[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Robert Campbell (1997). "Australian Scout History". boy-scout.net. Dorset, England, UK: The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  2. ^ Robert Campbell (1993) Origins of the Scouts, Sydney, Australia
  3. ^ "Rangers Australia". Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  4. ^ "SAGALA". Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Children's Activities". The Salvation Army. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  6. ^ "SAGALA — Youth and Children's Ministries". The Salvation Army. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.