Maps

 Bucasia  , Mackay  , Marian  , Sarina  , Slade Point

Badge Description

Scout logo

Hibiscus – Local flower, of which there are more than 50 varieties in Queens Park Gardens.

The badge was designed by adult leaders Mavis Larcombe and Shirley Corney (Secretary, Mackay District Scout Association) and first issued in May 1962 [6, 7, 11].

Previous Badge Variations

The following are variations of the badge:

Type = Woven bound, Various types of border

55 x 60 mm 55 x 60 mm

Ext

History

Mackay city was named after John Mackay. In 1860, he was the leader of an expedition into the Pioneer Valley, and established a pastoral station at Greenmount station.  Initially Mackay proposed to name the river Mackay River after his father George Mackay. Thomas Henry Fitzgerald surveyed the township and proposed it was called Alexandra after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, who married Prince Edward (later King Edward VII). However, in 1862 the river was renamed to be the Pioneer River, after the HMS Pioneer in which Queensland Governor Sir George Ferguson Bowen travelled to the area, and the township name was changed to be Mackay in honour of John Mackay. Fitzgerald then decided to use the name Alexandra for his sugar cane plantation and sugar mill, which eventually provided the name to the Mackay suburb of Alexandra today.  The district was re-established on 1^st April 2018.

In terms of scouting, by 1943, Mackay district had been established, and the District Commissioner at the time was F.K. Smith [1, 2].  The district was part of Central Queensland Zone in 1972 [3].  In 1980 this district was re-designated as part of Central and Coastal Region [4]. The last mention of Mackay District is in the April 2005 Edition of the Central & Coastal Region Newsletter, where the District Commissioner in 2005 was Margaret Hodda [5].

Groups

Mackay Scout Groups (1960): 1^st Mackay Scout Group, 3^rd Mackay Scout Group, 4^th Mackay Scout Group, 5^th Mackay Scout Group, 6^th Mackay Scout Group, 7^th Mackay Scout Group, North Mackay Scout Group, Crediton Scout Group, Sarina Scout Group, Slade Point Scout Group, Glennella Scout Group [8]

Mackay Scout Groups (1971): 1^st Mackay Scout Group, 3^rd Mackay Scout Group, 4^th Mackay Scout Group, 5^th Mackay Scout Group, 6^th Mackay Scout Group, 7^th Mackay Scout Group, Marian Scout Group, North Mackay Scout Group, Sarina Scout Group [9]

Mackay Scout Groups (1983):  Bucasia Scout Group, 1^st Mackay Scout Group, 3^rd Mackay Scout Group, 4^th Mackay Scout Group, 5^th Mackay Scout Group, 7^th Mackay Scout Group, Marian Scout Group, North Mackay Scout Group, Marian Scout Group, Sarina Scout Group, Slade Point Scout Group [10]