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Grant O'Neil <poneilgdo@alpha2.curtin.edu.au> wrote:

>Firstly, I would greatly appreciate if somebody would please cross post
>this request to UK.rec.scouting, Can.rec.scouting and any other similar
>relevant groups on my behalf; my server cannot access these groups.
>
>Two Venturers from my Unit have just completed their Queen's Scout
>Awards. For their Queen's Scout badge presentation ceremony, I want to
>do a presentation about the Queen's Scout Award, including a little
>about the history of the award. Now, here's about as much of the history
>as I know:
>
>Sometime in about the 1920s the king at the time (I think is was King
>George V) gave Baden-Powell permission to institute a royal award in
>scouting; this award was called the King's Scout award and at the time
>was the highest award that could be earned by any scout in the British
>Commonwealth. In 1946 the Senior Scout section was started for ages 14
>to 18, and at this time the Queen's Scout Award became part of the
>Senior Scout programme. After the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
>(1952?) the title of the award was changed to Queen's Scout. In
>Australia in 1972, the "New Design" of scouting replaced Senior Scouts
>with Venturers. As far as I know, in all this time the only change to
>the Queen's Scout badge (in Australia at least) has been the size of the
>badge and the fact that the current badge omits the words "Boy Scouts"
>below the crown that was on the earlier badges. For those not familiar
>with the badge, it is roughly pentagonal in shape, with a yellow crown
>with red trim embroidered on a dark green background; a picture of the
>badge appears on my Venturer page at
>http://student.curtin.edu.au/~poneilgdo/venturer.html for those who have
>Web access.
>
>What I would like is more detailed and accurate information covering the
>above details. If anyone happens to know where there is a photo of BP
>with the King, that would be a huge bonus. Now here's the catch; the
>presentation will be next Wednesday (12th Feb) so I'll really need any
>information by the end of the weekend, so snail-mail is out. Anyone who
>can help, I would appreciate replies by email to my address below
>(especially those reading this on newsgroups as I cannot access the
>newsgroups I indicated above). If you happen to know a book where this
>information can be found, please let me know and I can see if it is
>available locally.
>
>Thanks in advance...
>
>-- 
>YiS
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>Grant O'Neil                          _r| Ll\
>Assistant Venturer Leader            |  |_|__\  
>2nd Ballajura Venturer Unit      =>  \  |_|_ /
>Swan Valley District                  ~~  `_'
>Western Australia                          v
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>poneilgdo@alpha2.curtin.edu.au
>http://student.curtin.edu.au/~poneilgdo/

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