Maps

 Atherton  , Herberton  , Malanda, Ravenshoe, Millaa Millaa, Mareeba  , Mount Garnet  , Yungaburra

Badge Description

Scout logo

T = may represent either T for tablelands, or alternatively the Tea grown on the Tablelands, or for Tobruk which remembers the 9^th Battalion military units who fought at Tobruk and were re-constituted in the Tablelands in 1942

Waterfall = Barron Falls Waterfall [5]

The badge was first issued, without the words “Tablelands”, in 1961 [5]

Previous Badge Variations

The following are variations of the badge:

Type = Ribbon (issued October 1964)	Type: Ribbon	Type = Woven bound	Type = Woven bound
51 x 52 mm	52 x 60 mm	51 x 58 mm	52 x 60 mm
Ext	Ext	Ext	Ext

History

Atherton Tablelands are named after John Atherton, a pioneering pastoralist, who was the first to find tin deposits in Northern Queensland. 

From archival records, Tablelands district was in existence in the late 1950s, and mentioned in early scout magazines [1].  The District Commissioner in 1957 was V. R. Straughan [2].  Tablelands district was part of the Coral Coast Area in 1980 [3].  In 1999, some of the Tablelands district groups were absorbed into the new formed Tinaroo district.  Tablelands district closed in 1999 [4]

Groups

Tablelands District Groups (1961) : Atherton Scout Group, Malanda Scout Group, Mareeba Scout Group, 1^st Ravenshoe Scout Group, 2^nd Ravenshoe Scout Group, Yungaburra Scout Group [6]

Tablelands District Groups (1971) : Atherton Scout Group, Malanda Scout Group, Milla Milla Scout Group, North Mareeba Scout Group, South Mareeba Scout Group, Ravenshoe Scout Group, St. Barnaba’s School Scout Group, Yungaburra Scout Group [7]

Tablelands District Groups (1983) : Atherton Scout Group, Herberton Scout Group, Malanda Scout Group, Milla Milla Scout Group, North Mareeba Scout Group, South Mareeba Scout Group, Mount Garnet Scout Group, Ravenshoe Scout Group, Yungaburra Scout Group [8]

Tablelands district Scout Groups (1999): Atherton Scout Group, Mareeba Scout Group, Tolga Scout Group [4]