Koala District (Ext)

 

Locations

 Highfields , Millmerran, Pittsworth, Oakey, Goombungee, Crows Nest

Maps

Millmerran, Pittsworth, Oakey, Goombungee, Crows Nest , Highfields

Badge Description

Scout logo

Sheep, Pigs, Cattle, Wheat = Local industry is rural based, processing livestock and grain. The district has a high concentration of cattle feedlots, two abattoirs, a stockfeed manufacturer, grain trading and transport businesses.

Previous Badge Variations

The following are variations of the badge:

Type = Ribbon

Various shades of yellow or gold

50 x 58 mm; 50 x 55 mm
Ext

History

The name of the district may be in recognition of the Koala population and number of Koala studies (i.e., Koala Habitat survey) carried out on the declining Koala population, and conservation efforts, in the Oakey area.  In some of the schools there were even Koalas in the schoolground (i.e., Acland State School, closed 2004).  In the 1997, there were also Koala monitoring and investigation studies at the Army Aviation Centre, Oakey.   There is also a Koala St in Oakey. 

Koala District was formed in 1967, when Oakey district closed. [1, 2].  The first District Commissioner (Acting) was F. R. Ballard [3].  In 1990, Koala district closed and with Garraboo district and Steele Rudd district combined to form Eastern Downs District [4].

Groups

Koala District Groups (1968): Oakey Scout Group, Crows Nest Scout Group, Goombungee Scout Group, Highfields Scout Group.[5, 6]

Koala District Groups (1971): Crow’s Nest Scout Group, Goombungee Scout Group , Oakey  Scout Group [7]

Koala District Groups (1983): Crow’s Nest Scout Group, Goombungee Scout Group , Highfields Scout Group, Oakey  Scout Group [8]

References

  1. Australian Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1968). Annual Report 1967-1968.
  2. Madden, J. (2012). Scouting yarn of the Darling Downs: A history. Clifford Gardens, Queensland: The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Inc., Darling Downs Region. p. 110.
  3. Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1968). Annual Report 1967-1968.
  4. Madden, J. (2012). Scouting yarn of the Darling Downs: A history. Clifford Gardens, Queensland: The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Inc., Darling Downs Region. p. 156.
  5. Madden, J. (2012). Scouting yarn of the Darling Downs: A history. Clifford Gardens, Queensland: The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Inc., Darling Downs Region. p. 110.
  6. Scouting in Queensland (1968). “District and Area Changes”. Vol. 7 (1), February, p. 31.
  7. The Boy Scouts Association, Queensland Branch (1971). Area, group and district directory 1971. Abel & Co.
  8. The Scout Association of Australia, Qld Branch. (1983). Directory: Areas, Regions, Districts, Groups 1983.