Diamantina District

 

Locations

Mount Isa, Cloncurry 

Maps

 Cloncurry, Mount Isa

Badge Description

Ribbon name tape

History

Diamantina district is named after Diamantina Shire Council which is named after Lady Diamantina Bowen (nee’ Roma), the wife of the first Governer of Queensland, Sir George Bowen. 

In terms of scouting, Diamentina district was formed in 2017 [1].  Some scout groups deliver the scout program via School of the Air.  The Scouts of the Air program is administratively located within Diamantina District [2].  Its first District Commissioner was Albert Shelley. [3]

 

Local Places of Interest

City Lookout (Mt Isa), Hard Times Mine (Mt Isa), Old Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine (Selwyn Range), Heywood Granite Mine (Mt Isa), Lake Moondarra (Mt Isa), Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre (Mt Isa), Underground Hospital and Museum (Mt Isa), Telstra Hill Lookout (Mt Isa), John Flinn Place (Royal Flying Doctor Service) Museum and Art Gallery (Cloncurry), Mary Kathleen Memorial Park (Cloncurry), Chinaman Creek Dam (Cloncurry).

 

Groups

Diamantina District Groups (2018): Cloncurry Scout Group, Mount Isa Scout Group [4]

Diamantina District Groups (2024): Cloncurry Scout Group, Mount Isa Scout Group

References

  1. Scout’s Life (2017). From the Chief Commissioner.  Issue 9, p.4.
  2. Queensland Branch Scouting Instruction QBSI Section 1.3.6.2. v4 12/2018
  3. Finn, J. Region Commissioner, Central and Western Region. Personal communique 2.8.2019.
  4. Scouts Queensland. Central and Western Region Locations website.  Retrieved on 31.7.2019