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Cubs and Scouts are required to wear a uniform, available only from Snowgum shops (360 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Ph 9670 1177 and Highpoint Maribyrnong and Moonee Ponds Items can also be purchased online). Retailer Snowgum produces many Scouting items on behalf of Scouts Australia, which are part of the Scouts Australia-approved award schemes/programs.
Moonee Ponds Snow Gum
88 Puckle St,
Moonee Ponds
VIC 3039
Phone : 03 9370 0024
Fax : 03 9370 0023
mooneeponds@snowgum.com.au
Opening Hours |
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Mon-Wed |
9:00am - 5:30pm |
Thurs |
9:00am - 7:00pm |
Fri |
9:00am - 8:00pm |
Sat |
9:00am - 5:30pm |
Sun |
11:00am - 4:00pm |
The uniform consists of
Cub or Scout shirt
woggle & scarf (both provided by Group)
Scout belt
Uniform pants and socks are not part of the 1st Strathmore uniform.
Other clothing such as Scout hats and jackets are available from Snowgum but are not part of the required uniform.
Badges are worn on the Scout Shirt signifying our Group, District and Country. Achievement award badges are added and become an integral part of the uniform.
Traditional uniforms
The traditional style uniform has been phased out. The present uniform is
being phased in over a five-year period from 2004. If you don’t want to
change immediately, Scouts can change over when the time comes for a
new uniform.
ShirtThere are two shirt types; polo and button-up. Sections are designated by shirt colours. The cost of Cub and Scout shirts is $29.95 for the polo and $39.95 for the button-up. Check Snowgum catologue here
BeltThe scout belt is woven webbing with a chrome buckle. It costs $11.95. Optional AccessoriesThere are a number of optional gear accessories that do not form part of the official uniform. However some do carry the official logo (embroidered or otherwise attached) and represent a consistent style that looks great with the official uniform gear. In our opinions the gear is good quality and good value. These items can be purchased at Snowgum. |
Our Group uniform badge (scarf)
The logo on the scarf is representative of the runways at Essendon Airport, with the scout Arrowhead pointing North. This is worn on our scarf.
Our Moonee Valley district uniform badge.
The unique Moonee Valley (was Essendon) district badge is in the shape of a gum leaf. It shows two aboriginal scouts making smoke signals with a long tube of rolled bark over a fire of dried grass. Such signals were sent by the best scouts of the area, who were sent ahead to contact the Ja-jow-er-ong people. They needed to seek permission from the Ja-jow-er-ong, who controlled the area around Mount Macedon, north-west of Essendon, to collect the special stone found only in that region for their axe heads.
The badge was designed by a Mr. Manley in time for the 1935 Frankston Jamboree.
from http://www.mooneevalleyscouts.org.au/district
Our Regional Logo (not a uniform badge)
The badge is in the shape of the Hoadley Region, to show the relative positioning within the Victorian Branch.
There are seven colours within the badge. The predominant colours are the ones of the five sections, showing the importance of the training sections to the prosperity of the Region. The base of the badge has a blue border and the top has a brown one. This indicates that the Region covers an area that begins at the Sea in the south and ends at the Ranges in the north.
Each side has a black border, indicating the integral link to the neighbouring Regions, both metropolitan and rural.
The black lines on the surface of the badge represent the Hume, Calder, Western and Princess highways, linked by the Western Ring Road at the Westgate Bridge.
The Scouts Australia logo is placed into the Region, emphasising how Scouting plays an important part in the overall vibrance for young people with the Region.
from http://www.hoadleyregionscouts.asn.au/html/badge.html
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.....................................Scouts Australia Logo ............Scouts Australia uniform badge
During the Cententury of Scouting during 2007 a variation on the normal badge has been introduced with the wording 'Celebrating a Century of Australian Scouting', to run from September 2006 to 2008
World Scouting uniform badge
'Scouts around the world wear the World Membership Badge but questions are often asked
about the origins of this Scout emblem. The basic design of the emblem is used by Scouts in all the 216 Scouting countries and territories.
The Scout Badge is the arrowhead which shows the North on a map or on a compass. It is the badge of the Scout. It points in the right direction, and upwards. It shows the way in doing your duty and helping others . The three points of it remind you of the three points of the Scout Promise.' Scouting For Boys, Scouts Edition. R Baden- Powell
THE REEF KNOT which can’t be undone no matter how hard it is pulled, is symbollic of the strength of world Scouting’s unity and family.
THE ENCIRCLING ROPE symbolises the unity and family of the World Scout Movement.
The World Emblem is white on a Royal Purple Background. In heraldry white (or silver) represents purity and royal purple denotes leadership and service.
The Scout emblem is one of the most widely recognised symbols in the world, because it has been worn by an estimated 300 million former Scouts and is currently used by more than 28 million present Scouts.
The 2007 Centenary
uniform
Badge
The 2007 Centenary Logo represents:
The lower part of the logo shows the
worldwide 2007 theme and can be adapted
to display the appropriate language for each
country.
Links to Scouts Australia web page to view details of the:
To view the badge placement on shirts click here: (courtesy, Scouts Australia web page)
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf files)