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Girl Guides Association, WA (Inc.)

Title
Girl Guides Association, WA (Inc.)
Repository
Australian Historic Records Register
Reference
2980
Date Range
1915 - 1987
Creator
Girl Guides Australia (1926 - )
Description

Scrapbooks of newsclippings relating to Guide activities, including an account of the public meeting to form the Association, 1915-1980s (1 box).
Letter signed by Robert Baden-Powell, referring to approval of the constitution for the Western Australian Association, 1919 (1 item).
Miscellaneous photograph albums relating to Guide activities, camps, buildings, people, 1920s-1980s (1 box).
Panoramic photograph of Guide and Scout rally at Brennan Park, Perth, for the visit of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, 1931 (1 large framed photograph).
Visitors' book for the Association's headquarters, 1936-1970s (3 bks).
Register of personnel in Western Australia, 1930s (1 bk).
Miscellaneous publications relating to Guiding, including teaching materials, training and development handbooks, test requirements, 1930s-1970s (1 box).
Miscellaneous log books from various Guide units, including articles, reports and newsclippings, relating to their activities, 1930s-1960s (4 bks).
Minutes of State Executive meetings, 1954-1959 (1 vol.).
Miscellaneous records relating to the building of the Paxwold Training Centre and Camp Site, including photographs, plans, minutes of the Building Committee meetings, newsclippings, 1950s-1980s (1 box). Miscellaneous records relating to the activities of the Air Ranger Guides, 1965 (1 file).
Newsletters, Commissioner's News, 1969-1971 (1 file).
Miscellaneous programs, brochures, souvenir programs of special events, handbills, 1960s-1980s (1 small box).
Scrapbook compiled for the State Commissioner's Challenge, on the subject of the history of the Girl Guide Movement in Western Australia, 1979 (1 large album).

Access
Contact: Guides Western Australia, PO Box 780 VICTORIA PARK WA 6979

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