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MOONABOOLA SEA SCOUT GROUP 1st MARYBOROUGH
MOONABOOLA SEA SCOUT GROUP
1st MARYBOROUGH {ESTABLISHED 1909}
FRASER DISTRICT
"HERITAGE CITY" MARYBOROUGH 4650 QUEENSLAND
POPULATION 26000
264km NORTH OF BRISBANE ON MARY RIVER SURVEYED IN 1842 BY
ANDREW PETRIE IN A WHALEBOAT, PROCLAIMED A MUNICIPALITY IN 1842
SETTLED IN 1861
95 WARF STREET MARYBOROUGH 4650
QUEENSLAND
GROUP LEADER:
KEN ASHFORD 07 41 222111
PARENTS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON:
07 41 223444
MARY RIVER
CUB SEA SCOUTS MEET:
SEA SCOUTS MEET:
SEA SCOUT LEADER BOB BOWMAN
VENTURE UNIT SEA SCOUTS MEET:
DISTRICT UNIT
ROVER CREW SEA SCOUTS MEET:
DISTRICT CREW UNIT
PARENTS COMMITTEE MEET:
SECRETARY:
TREASURER:
HALL HIRE:
MAGAZINE EDITOR:
OLD BOYS:
FIRST DEN:
This lease was on land adjoining Walkers Shipyards where numerous Naval vessels were constructed( HMAS Diamintina now in Brisbane's South Bank dry dock is one of the surviving examples}
In 1955 the second highest flood recorded in history floated the den off its stumps and into a pile of rubble.A tent was recovered near the mouth of the Mary River.The Group rebuilt in Wharf St.not far away,but up the hill{but still inflood zone a lot of the town is in flood plane area.]
BOATS:
16 FT WHALEBOAT "CYGNET" 2SETS OF ROLLICKS 2 MASTERED
UPCOMING EVENTS:
100 YEARS OF SCOUTING
100 YEARS OF SEA SCOUTING
START PREPARING FOR THESE BIG EVENTS TRY SOMETHING LOCAL THIS IS OUR FIRST CENTENARY LOOK WIDE AND LOOK WIDER DO IT
HISTORY:
SEA SCOUTS STARTED 1945 LED BY "SKIP" BERT ROBBINS EX NAVAL OFFICER WAS IN CHARGE UNTIL HE DIED IN 1970'S
MOONABOOLA SEA SCOUTS HISTORY {by KEN ASHFIELD 2004}
Scouting is believed to have started in Maryborough in 1909 with the 1st Maryborough Troop registered in 1912.The oldest Group still in existing is Maryborough West {formally 2nd Maryborough} starting in 1925.During World WarII they had 2 Patrols,a Sea Scout Patrol and an ordinary Scout Patrol.
In 1945 they split.The Sea Scout Patrol becoming 1st Maryborough Sea Scouts.They were led by 'Skip' Bert Robbins, a Naval Officer from the war.He was my Grandfathers cousin.He was the Group Leader from 1945 until he died in the 1970's.The early troop had a large whaleboat {ex ships boat} which did many voyages up and down the Mary River.They met initaially at the local wholesale fruit and vegetable market.Before obtaining a lease on the riverbank and moving an ex-Airforce building on site as their 1st den.
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kenasford@hotmail.com
www.anmm.gov.au
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CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS INFORMATION
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www.rgyc.com.au
REFERENCE BOOKS:
"SCOUTING FOR BOYS" R.BADEN-POWELL
"SEA SCOUTS" ROBERT H , HOLE "GILCRAFT" No 11
"SEA SCOUTING" TOM BROWN
"HOW TO SAIL" GARY JOBSON
"SMALL SHIP MANUAL" MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
"SCOUTING ON THE WATER" PERCY W,BLANDFORD
"SAILING AND BOATING" HENRY MARLOW
"SEA SCOUTING" BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATION
"CUB SCOUTS" DAVID HARWOOD
"THE PATROL SYSTEM" P.D.GOLDEN RESEARCH REPORT No 7/77
"SCOUTS" DAVID HARWOOD
"SEA SCOUT BADGE BOOK" ROBERT E YOUNG
"TROOP SCOUTER HANDBOOK" SCOUTS CANADA
"SEAMANSHIP FOR SCOUTS" Lt STUART GARNETT
"SEA SCOUT MANUAL" NEW ZEALAND SEA SCOUTS
"THE AUSTRALIAN HISTORY COLLECTION" BRYCE COURTENAY
"AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES" JACK LONEY
"THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL" CAPTIAN JOHN NOBLE
"THE CORVETTES" IRIS NESDALE
"SABOT SAILING SIMPLIFIED" MURRAY McLACHLAN
"HOW ANIMALS AND PLANTS EVOLVE" HARRY BREIDAHL
"POLLUTION BEGINS AT HOME" FRANK RYAN STEPHEN RAY
"BOATOWNER'S HANDBOOK" JOHN VIGOR
"MAY WE SO CONDUCT OURSELVES EVERYWHERE WE GO,THAT WHEN WE LEAVE, YOU WILL REGRET OUR DEPARTURE."
"THE SECRET TO HAPPINESS IS TO MAKE YOUR VOCATION YOUR VACATION"
"SEA SCOUTING COMES IN CANS,I CAN,YOU CAN, WE CAN."
HMAS MARYBOROUGH J195
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