City of Cairns District (Ext)

 

Locations

 Cairns

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 1961 [3]

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

Cairns district “City of Cairns” Groups (1962): 2nd Cairns Scout Group, 3rd Cairns Scout Group, 4th Cairns Scout Group, 5th Cairns Scout Group, 8th Cairns Scout Group [7]

Cairns district “City of Cairns” Groups (1964): 2nd Cairns Scout Group, 3rd Cairns Scout Group, 4th Cairns Scout Group, 5th Cairns Scout Group, 8th Cairns Scout Group [8]

References

  1. Fones, R. (1992). In the light of all the years. Toowong, Australia: The Scout Association of Australia-Queensland Branch. p. 3
  2. The Totem (1938). “Appointments”. Vol 2 (13), December p. 15.
  3. Australian Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1958). Annual Report 1957-1958
  4. Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1966). Annual Report 1965-1966
  5. Haskard, D. (1983). The complete book of Australian Scout badges: Part 2, Queensland and Papua New Guinea.  Chatswood, NSW: Badgophilist Publications. p. 5.
  6. Scouting in Queensland (1973). Warrant Changes/New Appointments/Groups Closed. Vol 12 (6), July, p. 29.
  7. Australian Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1963). Annual Report 1962-1963
  8. Australian Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1964). Annual Report 1963-1964