Maps

 Clifton, Glennie Heights, Warwick, Killarney, Stanthorpe, Goondiwindi

Badge Description

Scout logo

Red Apple & Purple Grape =  The Apple and Grape Harvest Festival held at Stanthorpe.

Yellow Sunflower: Sunflower Tourist Route through Allora, and the abundance of Sunflowers grown around Clifton.

Red Rose: Rose Festival in Warwick in October, and Autumn flower show. Warwick is known as the Rose City.

Waterfall: Queen Mary’s Waterfalls at Killarney.

The badge was designed by Rebecca Thompson, Scout, Killarney Scout Group, in 1990. [5]

Previous Badge Variations

The following are variations of the badge:

Type: Embroided	Type: Embroided	Type: Embroided
73 x 80 mm	64 x 72 mm; 58 x 70 mm	40 x35 mm
Ext	Ext	Ext

History

Cunningham district is named after Allan Cunningham, an explorer who set out in 1827 to explore west of the Great Dividing Range, and having discovered the Darling Downs, returned in 1828 from Brisbane to discover Cunningham’s Gap. 

Within the district are various historical sites and artifacts.  The rosewood leathertop table around which sat the Executive Council, who formed the Queensland Government in 1859, resides at Heritage Estate Winery, Cottonvale.  In addition to this is a huge Granite Block Pyramid in a paddock at Ballandean. The cool dry air around Stanthorpe was seen as beneficial for patients suffering from respiratory conditions, and following the 1^st World War, soldiers suffering the effects of Mustard gas were resettled in the area, hence the names of many 1^st World War battle sites in around Stanthorpe.  The district is well known for agricultural produce which includes grapes, wineries, apples and the Black Angus cattle.  Warwick is also known as the “Rose and Rodeo City”.

Cunningham District was formed in 1969 [1].  Its first District Commissioner was Ron Blomeley, who was previously the first Area Commissioner of the Darling Down’s Area in 1966 [2].  However, scouting had been around much earlier with the first troop established in Killarney in 1910 [3].  Before Cunningham district was created, there were other districts in the area, and by 1943, Warwick district had been established [4].

Local Scout Events

Operation Swamp Rat for the Scout and Venturer sections (March), District Standards Camp, Clifton Joey and Cub Scout Rally, Cunningham Capers (all Sections).

Local Places, Events and Activities of Interest

Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Festival (every 2nd year 1st weekend in March), hiking around the national parks (i.e., Girraween National Park, Sundown National Park, Main Range National Park, Queen Mary Falls).  Within the district, there are also plenty of opportunities for activities such as Abseiling, Rock Climbing & canoeing activities.

Groups

Cunningham District Groups (1969): Warwick Scout Group, Allora Scout Group and Clifton Scout Group (later added Killarney Scout Group, Stanthorpe Scout Group). [4]

Cunningham District Groups (1971): Clifton Scout Group, Glennie Heights Scout Group, 1^st and 2^nd United Warwick Scout Group , 6^th Warwick Scout Group , 8^th Warwick Scout Group [6]

Cunningham District Groups (2018): Clifton Scout Group, Glennie Heights Scout Group, Killarney Scout Group, Stanthorpe Scout Group [7]

Cunningham District Groups (2024): Clifton Scout Group, Glennie Heights Scout Group, Killarney Scout Group, Stanthorpe Scout Group, Goondiwindi Scout Group