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WA Centenary Challenge From the State Team As we begin the celebrations for the 100th year of Girl Guides Western Australia, we have been wondering what those early Guides and their Leaders would think about Guiding in the 21st century. They would probably be amazed by the use of technology, possibly shocked by girls and young women in trousers or shorts and hopefully reassured by the continued focus on the fundamental principles in our programs. If only Dr Who was real so we could send a TARDIS to bring them into the future to have a look or go back ourselves and thank those early pioneers. The Centenary Challenge has been developed by Ellen Walker from Brookton with input from a number of Leaders and friends. The information contained in this resource is a valuable series of snapshots of how Guiding and the world have changed over each decade and the research that has gone into each section is considerable. It is fascinating to see what has been achieved and at the same time to realise how important aspects have remained constant. However, the real benefits of the package will only be appreciated by trying the challenges yourselves and learning firsthand about our history. One of the issues about celebrating an anniversary is being able to access information and materials from previous times. So while you are looking back, try to remember those who will be doing the research for our Bicentenary in 2115. Keep records of your challenge activities in logbooks, scrapbooks or computer files. Take lots of photos and video clips, making sure that everyone in them is identified by name and include the date and location of the activity. Post your news to the Girl Guides WA Blog or send in articles for Wagtale. In July 2015 the State Team would love to see your efforts and there will be awards for the best Centenary Challenge logs. We place a strong emphasis on challenge in the Australian Guide Program and the variety of activities in the Centenary Challenge will provide something to suit everyone, no matter their age or ability. The following quote sums it up nicely. What people say we cannot do, we try, and find that we can. Nothing is easy to do, but it's the challenge and fun that makes things interesting. Good luck for the next twelve months and we look forward to meeting you at the various events. Brenda Hamlett Sharon O’Brien and Carmel Stefanoff State Commissioner Assistant State Commissioners Printing of this document kindly donated by Burns and Baker Accountants Pty Ltd, South Perth Notes for Leaders when using this resource The Centenary Challenge has been designed as a resource for Leaders to help them teach their Guides about the history of Guiding in Western Australia so we can learn where we have come from over our first 100 years. Each decade has 4 sections; WA Guiding Snippet, World Guiding Snippet, World Event and Guide Program. WA Guiding Snippets cover significant events which occurred within Guiding in WA and have had an impact on how Guiding looks in WA today. It has not been possible to include all the camps, Leaders’ functions and events which have happened in WA over the past 100 years and this section in merely a taste of what has happened. As a Unit or for your own interest, you are more than welcome to find out more about all the wonderful things Girl Guides WA has done. World Guiding Snippets are again a taste of what has occurred in the World Association over the past 100 years and the events selected are to provide a context of how world Guiding events shaped Guiding in WA. There are many more events which have happened and again Units and Leaders are able to further investigate the history of World Guiding. World Events give a background about what was happening outside of Guiding which had an effect on our members and the path Guiding has taken to stay relevant over the decades. Some events such as the World Wars have had a direct impact of Guiding activities. However, others have been a background influence such as the advancement of technology. Guide Program sections show how the day to day program of Guiding in Units has evolved to keep it relevant to Guides in Australia, and how it moved away from the traditional British model on which it was first based. The aim of the Challenge is to select a section for each decade to focus on (you do not have to do all the sections for each decade, unless you want to). You can write the section under the corresponding decade on the Girls’ Progress Worksheet or you can print off the worksheet for the section and create a Centenary Challenge Booklet for your girls. There is no badge specific to the Centenary Challenge. However, you can present your girls with a Participation Certificate once they have completed the Challenge. 1915-1919 WA Guiding Snippet The Daily News 17 June 1915 The West Australian 16 June 1915 While prior to 1915 there were girls meeting under the banner of Girl Guides within Western Australia, it was not until a public meeting was called that the Girl Guide Movement officially began. The attendance at this public meeting was beyond what anyone expected with the Perth Town Hall full to overflowing. At the meeting girls and young women who were interested in becoming Girl Guides were invited to send their names to Mrs Osborne Wilson (the first secretary of Girl Guides WA) who invited them to attend her house in Angove St, North Perth the following Tuesday. Rita Bartlett (nee Bannon) was one of the girls who very excitedly attended Mrs Wilson’s house: “I found my way through the unfamiliar streets to the meeting place. There were excited girls everywhere, sitting on the floor in the rooms, in the passages, even in the laundry, tying knots with two pieces of string. Our names and addresses were taken and we were told we would be notified where to join a company.” After the Public Meeting on 28 June 1915, Guiding took off in WA. Miss Grace Holder (the 1st State Commissioner) attended public meetings throughout the suburbs of Perth as well as in the regional centre of Collie. The first State Rally was held in May of 1916 with 300 Girl Guides in attendance. The rally started with a ‘march past’ down Barrack Street, and finished in the gardens of Government House where the girls put on a display of signalling, drill and flag work for the Governor Sir Harry Barron (Chief Scout of Western Australia) and his wife Lady Barron (who was also the Chief Guide of Western Australia). 19 Guide Companies (Units) attended the rally and an afternoon tea of jelly cakes and fruit was served for the girls in the Government House supper rooms. Companies who could not make the Rally in Perth held their own events locally and demonstrated the different skills that a Girl Guide of 1916 must know. Challenges: Read Campfire Yarn no. 10 in ‘How Girls can Help to Build an Empire’. In your Patrol have a go at sending messages to each other using the secret writing techniques mentioned after the Campfire Yarn For afternoon tea at the State Rally jelly cakes were served. As a Unit or Patrol have a go at making jelly cakes Marching in formation was a very important part of keeping a well organised company. In your Patrol practise the different marching commands mentioned in ‘How Girls can Help to Build an Empire’ (p118-119). Put on a marching display for your Unit/friends and family/ invited guests like the girls did at the State Rally in 1916 1915-1919 World Guiding Snippet Rosebuds were started in 1914 when the younger sisters of girls who were Guides wanted to join in. The name Rosebuds did not prove to be very popular so in 1915 Agnes Baden Powell (Robert Baden Powell’s sister who had helped found Girl Guiding) changed the name to Brownies after the helpful elf like creatures in British folk lore. Originally uniform was not compulsory for Brownies but by 1917 it was decided that the Brownie uniform would be a brown tunic dress with pockets on the front, a straw hat and a brown neck tie, this was changed to golden yellow in 1938. Challenges: In your Patrol or with your Unit have a go at completing the Second Class Test (Gold Bar Test) which used to be part of the Brownie program. The Second Class Test was similar to today’s Gem badges. Second Class (Golden Bar Test – Golden Bar on brown cloth) Know how the Union Jack and the flag of her own country are made up and the right way to fly them. Tie the following knots and know their uses: reef; sheetbend; round turn and two half- hitches. Show that she understands the rules of the road, and take Brown Owl or Tawny Owl for a ‘Stop, Look and Listen’ walk. Observe and describe something belonging to the outside world, chosen by herself, e.g., sky, sea, bird, tree, flower, animal etc; or Make a collection of six flowers or shells or feathers, etc., and name them. Make a useful article to include a turned-down hem sewn with a decorative tacking stitch; o or Darn an article or do the darning stitch Show two methods of sewing on buttons and sew one button onto a garment. Know how and why she should keep her teeth clean, her nails cut and clean; and why breathe through the nose.
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