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GGA-Annual-Report-1979-1980.Pdf GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED PATRONS: Her Majesty Queen Eliz th II Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother PRESIDENT: Her Excellency Lady Cowen. C.St.J. VICE PRESIDENT Miss M. Lambie. A.M. CHIEF COMMISSIONER Mrs. A. Renshaw Jones. O.B.E. ASSISTANT CHIEF COMMISSIOIER Mrs. J.L. Carrick 10 AUSTRAUAI OECUnVE COMMlmE MEMBERS Dr. M. Rosenthal New South Wales Mrs. M.G. Elliston Tasmania Mrs. A.G. Williams Queensland Mrs. J.N. West Victoria Mrs. JA Forrest South Australia Mrs. I. Firstenberg Western Australia AUSTRAUAI OFFICE BURERS Miss M.w. Wood Secretary Mrs. J.D. Kirkpatrick Asst. International Comm. Mr. P. Cary Treasurer Mrs. J.E. Thompson Post Box Secretary Mr. J. McBurney Asst. Treasurer Miss M. Hunt Equipment & Uniform Officer Miss A. Lawrie Training Adviser Mrs. E.H. Lister Trefoil Guild Adviser Mrs. P. Dwyer Programme Adviser Miss M.l. Deer. A.M. Archivist Mrs. l.A. Burch Section Advisers - Brownie Miss G. Pritchard Asst. Archivist Mrs. H.w. Halligan - Guide Mrs. A.M. Bray Council Fire Corres. Miss D. Hargreaves - Ranger Mrs. B. Bartlett Districts Overseas Liaison Mrs. K.A. Read. O.B.E. Public Relations Adviser Mrs. C.M. Williamson United Nations Liaison Mrs. A.J . Ashton Asst. Public ReJ. Adviser Mrs. A.E. Griffin Public Officer Mrs. E. Lane International Commissioner AUSTRAUAI COMMImES Mrs. H. Stone. OAM. Finance Mrs. G. Falloon Irene Fairbairn Fund Mr. LA. Morris Miss M. Shaw Miss B. Welsh Mrs. S. Viney Mr. J. Allison Mrs. A. Molesworth Mr. J. Errol Mrs. J.G. Darling Pu bl ications o Lady Wyndham Awards Miss M. Cooper. M.B.E. Superannuation Fund Mrs. W.E. Chamberlain Mrs. I. Perrier World Centres Fund Mrs. K.M. Gahan ADVISORY IOARD Sir Frederick Deer. C.M.G. Chairman Sir Robert Crichton-Brown. K.C.M.G .. C.B.E. Mrs. I.F. Beau repai re. O.B.E. Sir John Holland Mr. Neville Blyton. O.B.E. Dr. Janet Irwin Miss Ita Buttrose. O.B.E. Colonel Sir Alfred Kemsley. C.M.G .• C.B.E. Lady Clarke Mr. J.D. Norgard Lady Coates Sir Robert Norman Miss A. Fenwick. O.B.E .• LL.B. Honorary Legal Adviser Price Waterhouse & Co. Honorary Auditors 2 Girl Guides Association of Australia Incorporated ANNUAL REPORT TO 30th JUNE 1980 to be presented to the annual general meeting at the Association's Headquarters. 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney on Tuesday, 7th October, 1980. at 4.30 p.rn. SEVENTY YEARS OF WORLD GUIDING IS BEING CELEBRATED THIS YEAR BY EIGHT MILLION GIRL GUIDES AND GIRL SCOUTS IN NINETY-EIGHT COUNTRIES Australian members along with others are supporting an appeal serve others, character and mind development Research and to purchase a building in London as a world memorial to Olave, evaluation are a continuing process involving all members from Lady Baden-Powell, the late Chief Guide. Olave Centre will girls to adult leaders, and all facets of guiding from uniforms to contain residential accommodation, meeting rooms, a museum boating regulations to traini ng. and library for use by members and their families from allover the Contact is maintained with other youth oriented organisations world. The World Bureau will have its office in the bu ilding. through CAY.O. (Conference Australian Youth Organisations) : "When you're a Girl Guide with the scouts through the National and State Guide/Scout Consultative Committees; with the community through service your world Is so wide" ve ntures instigated by the brownies, guides and rangers: with -so goes the jingle of the TV commercial made by the Australian youth by participation in events such as the National Australian Association at the request of Patrol Leaders at Youth Conference held in Canberra in October, 1979, which was Jumbunna (Jumbunna is an Australia wide biennial gathering of organised by the Office of Youth Affairs, and participants were guides aged 12 to 14 years) . And the guiding world is so wide! between the ages of 16 and 30. Topics for discussion included The Australian guiding programme embraces eight points - communication in rural areas, alcohol and drugs, ethnic creative ability, homecraft skills, physical fitness, enjoyment of communication, poverty, education, work and leisure - with the the outdoors, relationships with others, readiness and ability to major issue, unem ployment CONTENTS Officebearers .............. ............. ...... 2 Celebrating 70 years .............. 3 Consolidation ...... 4 National Development ........ 4 International .................................... 5 Adventure & Celebration .. 7 IYC . .. 9 Appreciation, Awards ....................... 10 Looking Ahead .......... ................ 10 Membership .......................... ............. 11 Finance ................ .. 12-14 Objectives .. ......... 15 Sunshine and smiles welcomed Her Majesty the Queen on her recent visit to Canberra. (Photo courtesy Aust. tnlormation Service) 3 To offset this shortage, the Junior Leaders' programme has CONSOLIDATION been implemented following experimental schemes in New South The Australian Association moved into newly purchased Wales and South Australia. Young women between 15 and 18 premises at 82 Elizabeth Street in the heart of Sydney, this year. years are responding to this scheme with enthusiasm, which is All State Associations were well established by 1926 and agreed proving beneficial to both city and country areas. to amalgamate to form the Girl Guides Association of Australia. The Australian Programme (Sections) and Training Confer­ We have an entire floor of strata titled office space - a far cry ence in Adelaide was followed by a training for trainers. from carrying papers around in suitcases and moving from one Exchange trainers' schemes provide valuable and much rented office to another. To assist with this purchase, friends of appreciated ways of sharing ideas. the Association have made loans at low interest; every member Handbooks have been updated and reprinted. The achievement has been asked to contribute 10 cents per year over five years; of the year for the Publications Committee was the production of and an "Australian Headquarters" badge to adorn "Guide" camp the combined Leaders' Handbook. A new edition of "Policy, blankets is another method of fund raising. Organisation and Rules" is planned and manuscript is being prepared for the first Australian Trefoil Handbook. In an appeal to States to keep full records, the Australian Archivist stressed the need "to keep before us that what is done today is history tomorrow". Although many queries concerning our history are now able to be answered, the search for information continues. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts works alongside UNICEF for children in many countries. The Australian Association's United Nations Liaison identifies ways in which Australian Guiding can assist UNICEF and this information is passed on to States. After initial production problems, new uniforms for members are being phased in. Our new Headquarters Incorporation of the Association was certified in Canberra on June 17, 1980 following the finalisation of our Constitution. Our title becomes Girl Guides Association of Australia Incorporated. A Public Officer has been appointed in the A.C.T. in accordance with legal requirements. An Advisory Board has been appointed to assist the Association when required. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The eagerly awaited national magazine "Guiding in Australia" With the help of a Government Grant we are able to continue commenced production with the January/ February, 1980 edition. our development work in isolated areas and with ethnic To ensure that local news is readily ayailable, former State communities, particularly Indo-Chinese refugees, in urban areas. magazines "Adventuring", "Coo-ee", "Platypus", "Courier", Queensland has concentrated on promotion of guiding in "Matilda" and "The Waratah " retain their character in the form of mining areas and evidence of success is shown in the great coloured inserts. Early problems, particularly with distribution, are increase in membership. Victoria continues with work in high rise being resolved. areas and in particular with Vietnamese refugee children. A major event has been the appointment of a research co­ Resource centres for leaders in far flung areas has been the ordinator working with a specially formed committee to conduct a priority for Western Australia whilst South Australia has full scale evaluation of the guiding programme to establish its concentrated on the establishment of Development Regions and effectiveness in meeting the needs of today's and tomorrow's the training and appointment of Development officers in each girls. This is being funded from the Australian Government Grant. Region. Membership figures increased again this year but real growth is Promotion teams related to development are a priority for New limited due to the shortage of voluntary leaders. Waiting lists total South Wales. Guides and leaders from isolated areas in Tasmania 25,000 hence we need at least 2,000 additional leaders have been assisted to attend special guiding events and trainings. immediately. For every four girls now in guiding one more is An office is being established in the Northern Territory to assist in waiting to join as soon as leaders can be found. their progression towards Statehood in the Association. 4 "TO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER COUNTRY IS VERY IMPORTANT ....... ". These words were part of the Korean greeting given at the International Heritage Tour at Western Australia during the 150th year celebrations. Contingents of rangers from Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong , Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Papua
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