• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001755

Ajana Girl Guides and Brownies: community organisation records

  • Repository Australian Historic Records Register
  • Date Range 1956 - 1974
  • Description

    Correspondence inward and outward and duplicate letterbooks, 1956-1974 (18 files, 5 vols). Annual reports, 1957-1974 (1 file). Proficiency Badge booklets and receipt books, 1957-1974 (15 items). Company and Pack Register, 1956-1970 (2 vols). Miscellaneous records, certificates, cards, pamphlets, camping booklets, posters, rosters, song booklets and handbooks, 1956-1974 (c250 items). Newspaper clippings relating to camps and certificates, 1960s-1970s (1 file). Historical note: The 1st Ajana Brownie Pack, WA, commenced activities in October 1956. In April 1959 the 1st Ajana Girl Guide Company was formed with Jessie May Sutherland as Captain. Because of distance, the functions of the local association were undertaken by the Ajana Branch of the Country Women’s Association and instead of the usual weekly meetings, Guides and Brownies met in the Binnu or Ajana halls, the Golf Club or out of doors, before or after church services, or while their parents played golf or tennis. The 1st Ajana Girl Guide Company ceased to operate in 1976 and the 1st Ajana Brownie Pack in 1979.

  • Access Restricted access: contact the Manuscript Section, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT 2600.

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