| Girl Guides Australia | |||
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| Country | Australia | ||
| Founded | 1910 | ||
| Membership | 30,811 | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Helen Geard | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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| Website girlguides.org.au |
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Girl Guides Australia is the national Guiding organisation in Australia. It provides a girls only space and its mission is to enable girls and young women to grow into confident, self respecting members of the community. Membership is open to all girls and young women from all cultures, faiths and traditions. Founded in 1910, the girls-only organization became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. It has 30,000 members (as of 2010) including 18,000 youth members, aged 5 to 17. Over a million Australian women are or have been Guides.[1]
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Since 1996, all youth members from 5-17 have been known as Guides. Guide Units are made up of Patrols based on age. Called Developmental Stages, the Patrols include Girls aged 5 -7, 7 - 9, 9 - 12, 12 - 14 and 14 - 17. There is also a program for women aged 18 plus, known as the Olave Program. Guide Leaders are adult volunteers aged 18 or over.
The Girl Guide emblem incorporates the Commonwealth Star.
I promise to do my best:
To do my duty to God,
to serve the Queen and my country, To help other people, and
To keep the Guide Law.
The Girl Guides Australia Board in May 2010, passed a recommendation that Members may opt to use an alternative to the current Promise:[2]
I promise that I will do my best:
to do my duty to God and my country;
to help other people; and
to keep the Guide Law.
Other alternatives were also agreed for members of other nationalities.[2]
A Guide is loyal and can be trusted.
A Guide is helpful.
A Guide is polite and considerate.
A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides.
A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things.
A Guide is obedient.
A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
A Guide makes good use of her time.
A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people.
A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does.
Guides sell manufactured biscuits to raise money for the organisation. The money raised is spent at a local and national level. The Guide biscuit campaign starts in May each year.
In 2010, Girl Guides Australia celebrated 100 years of Guiding across Australia. The centenary ran from September 2009 to February 2011.[3]
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