Maps

 Cairns, Kamerunga

Badge Description

Scout logo

Sun burst : Tropics

Ignots : Gold Ignots from the Tablelands

Shovel & Pick Axe: Gold mining history in the Tablelands

Sugar cane : local sugar cane agriculture industry.  Sugarcane mill is at Gordonvale

Stylised Bales: commerce and industry

The badge was first issued in issued 1965 [5]

History

Cairns was previously called “Trinity Bay” by Captain James Cook in 1770.  Cairns was founded in 1876 and named after William Wellington Cairns, Governor of Queensland from 1875-1877. 

The first troop to be established in Cairns was in 1910 [1].  On 28/8/1939, Cairns and district local association received its charter, and the first District Commissioner was Mr Loney  of Cairns High School [2].  This district probably evolved into Cairns district (or City of Cairns district as written on the badge) which existed in 1957 [3], and evolved into Central Cairns district in 1965 [4]. In 1957, the Cairns District Commissioner C. J. Cummings [3], and in 1966, the Central Cairns District Commissioner K. J. Madden [4].  In 1973 Central Cairns district merged with Irukandji district to form Barron River district [5, 6] 

Groups

Central Cairns district Groups (1966): 2^nd Cairns Scout Group, 3^rd Cairns Scout Group, 4^th Cairns Scout Group, 5^th Cairns Scout Group, 8^th Cairns Scout Group [4]

Central Cairns district Groups (1968): 2^nd Cairns Scout Group, 5^th Cairns Scout Group, 8^th Cairns Scout Group, Kamerunga Rover Crew, Martynvale Scout Group [7]

Central Cairns district Groups (1971): 2^nd Cairns Scout Group, 5^th Cairns Scout Group, Martynvale Scout Group. [8]