The first meeting of the 1st Bendigo Guides was held by Miss Merle Bush on the 22nd of August 1922 in the St Paul' School Room. Twelve girls were present. Miss Bush was given permission to open the Company by Miss R. Hamilton, State Secretary for Victoria, she received her Captain's Warrant on 12th December 1922.Colour Picture Lady standing at table with bag in hand(donga) Standing in front of Merle Bush Trefoil Guild Banner Photo of MHAS Bendigo on wall in back and board with BP Emblem Guides also on wall. Jan Ollif (?) State Commisioner 100 years of Girl Guides in Vic 9th Oct 2011 Bgogirl guides, guiding, merle bush, trefoil guild

Crowd scene, with Girl Guides and Boy Scouts standing to the side of three flagpoles with flags at half mast.

B&W photograph of Girl Guide Float Bendigo at the Easter Procession circa 1949 - depicting Citizenship. Rear details the names of the girl guides: Marion Colleen Cook, Faye Jorgenson, Joyce Stroud, Dot (?) Dawe, Lily Sandner, Julie Sandner & Maureen Spencer.girl guide float about 1949, easter parade

Six pages of typed notes. Amy Huxtable Memorial Lecture, 20th January 1985 titled 'Taking Time' by Norma D. Young. The theme for the lecture was 'Take Time to Work, It's The Price of Success'. Headings are: Take time to think - it's the source of power; Take time to play - it's the secret of Youth; Take time to read - It's the foundation of wisdom; Take time to be friendly - It's the road to happiness; Take time to dream - it's like hitching your wagon to a star; Take time to look around - It's too short a day to be selfish; Take time to laugh - It's the music of the soul;document, amy huxtable memorial lecture - taking time, norma d young, captain hopwood r. n., earl of chesterfield, william booth, salvation army, tilly aston, association for the blind, victorian girl guides association, marshall field, twelve things to remember, marcus aurelius, old sydney town

Black and white photograph of Mitcham Girl Guides taken beside bus which ran between Vermont and Mitcham in the 1920s. Grandfather of Ray Meagher owned bus service. His uncle Pat at age 14 drove the bus. Mitcham Girl Guide Leader is Mrs Haddy.mitcham guides, mitcham - vermont bus service, meagher, ray, pat, haddy, 'cap'

The Merle Bush Trefoil Guild was registered in Bendigo on 18/06/1981.The decision to disband the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild was made at a General Meeting on 17/02/2016. The group agreed to continue as the Merle Bush Friendship Group. The Australian Trefoil Guilds connect women who are either actively involved in Girl Guiding or have a history with Girl Guiding. The purpose of a Trefoil Guild is to keep alive the spirit of the Promise and Law, carry this spirit into the community and to give support Guiding.Dark blue vinyl covered four ring binder containing a Friendship Book for the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild. The front cover has alight brown vinyl insert attached with purple stamped lettering - THE MERLE BUSH TREFOIL GUILD BENDIGO FRIENDSHIP BOOK and an image of the Trefoil Guild logo. It includes photographs, type written documents, booklets and photocopies. The items are mounted or glued on to buff coloured card from manilla folders cut in half. 22 pp. The first page has a title label - STATE PRIZE WINNER FRIENDSHIP BOOK 1986. The pages have typed or handwritten annotations of names of people in the photographs and descriptions of the attached items and documents. Includes North central Region Map Biography of Miss Merle Bush History of Bendigo Didtrict Photographs of Trefoil Guild members Diamond Jubilee photos and ephemera The Koska sisters Typed memories of Guiding - Maud McConville. the Young family, Anne Butler Flora and Fauna of Bendigo District - photographs by Mr. Rob Watkins Map of the Whipstick Copies of "Little Mattie" the newsletter of the North Central Region Girl Guide Association Victoria. Edited y Bette McLaughlin Newspaper clippings Day Tour Program 21 Feb 1985 girl guides, guiding, merle bush, trefoil guild, friendship book

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of Lady Brooks shaking hand and chatting with Brownies & Girl Guides at the opening of the New Warley Hospital 1962.local history, photography, photographs, lady brooks - brownies - new warley hospital opening, black & white photograph, new warley hospital opening 1962, girl guides, john jenner, bryant west

Black and white panoramic photograph of a group of Scouts, Girl Guides, Cubs & Brownies with leaders, approximately 1978-1979On back of photo: "J. Harrison"boy scouts, girl guides, brownies, cub scouts, scouting movement

The Trefoil Guild consists of former members of the Girl Guide Movement. It is a self governing and self financing guild that provides support to the Girl Guide movement. Originally formed as "Old Girl Guides" in 1936, it became the Trefoil Guild in 1944/45.Grreen cloth banner. The words Merle Bush Trefoil Guild at the top. Taking most of the centre a gold triangle, at top right a poppethead and top right a bottle of wine and grapes. At the centre of the triangle Bendigo flower emblem and at the bottom Suu Loong and the word Bendigo. At the back. Green for the local gum leaves and reefs of gold. Bendigo's position marked in the golden triangle by its floral emblem, the waxflower. Poppet head for Bendigo's wealthy foundations. Sun Loong for the heritage and many nationalities that contributed to Bendigo's character. Lettering the colour of our summer land and grass. Grapes for the vineyards and wines in the area. By Gwen Berby 1997. The banner is in a green carry bag.

Guide leader in photograph believed to be Florence Iggsten.Black and white photograph of two girls and a Girl Guides leader. This is one of five photographs once mounted on a piece of paper.Paper mount has a caption for one of the other photographs: "The bride is Avis (nee Hunt) a former R'glen guide. Guard of Honour - Wangaratta guides"girl guides, florence iggsten

Silver sugar and cream set on silver stand with decorative handle.Inscription reads " Presented to Miss Beatrice Matthews by Members of Wandin Girl Guides for valuable services rendered. May 1918.sugar bowls, creamer

History Guide of MarnooCream card cover with inset double line border in gold, containing Title and logo of Girlg Guides In Gold: Marnoo's Fifty Years of Guiding 1932 - [(In logo) Girl Guides Australia] 1982 Page Page: Names signedmarnoo, girl guides

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip IslandPhotograph of Lady Brooks about to greet Girl Guide Leader Mrs J. Legg. New Warley Hospital Opening 1962.local history, photography, photographs, new warley hospital opening - lady brooks, coloured photograph, new warley hospital, lady brooks, girl guides, john jenner, bryant west

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 1999. Royal reception: the Duchess of York inspects Girl Guides, circa 1920s.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Black and white photo of Girl Guides and Returned Soldiers at Anzac Day march. Looking south along station street, Mitchamguide groups, exservice organisations, anzac day

Black and white wedding photograph with Girl Guides providing the guard of honour. This is one of five photographs once mounted on a piece of paper.On back of photo: "Avis's wedding - Wangaratta" Written at the bottom of the paper mount: "The bride is Avis (nee Hunt) a former R'glen guide. Guard of Honour - Wangaratta guides"girl guides, wedding photographs, avis hunt

The photograph was taken when Bulla Primary School had a casual day although classes continued as normal. the children in the photograph were from the infant grades and were having a lesson in ball handling skills required for netball and soccer.A coloured photograph of a little girl guiding a ball around a red witch's hat with another child in the background and a teacher standing nearby.bulla primary school dress-up day, ball handling skills

The Merle Bush Trefoil Guild was registered in Bendigo on 18/06/1981.The decision to disband the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild was made at a General Meeting on 17/02/2016. The group agreed to continue as the Merle Bush Friendship Group. The Australian Trefoil Guilds connect women who are either actively involved in Girl Guiding or have a history with Girl Guiding. The purpose of a Trefoil Guild is to keep alive the spirit of the Promise and Law, carry this spirit into the community and to give support Guiding.Blue vinyl covered four ring binder containing photographs of activities of the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild. The photographs are mounted (glued) on to buff coloured card from manilla folders cut in half. 61 pp with hand written numbers in top RH corner. Pages 25 and 26 Missing. The first page has an "Appreciation Certificate Awarded to the Merle Bush Trefoil Guild for Participation in Project Branchout. Presented by The Girl Guides association of Victoria. Date 25-7-87. The pages have handwritten annotations of names of people in the photographs. Includes Region Conference East Loddon 25/08/89, 7th National Gathering Stawell Tops 1985, 8th National gathering Monash university 1988 Tour of Government House Day 16th December 1989 Brittania Park labour Day Weekend 1990 A.G.M. 5th May 1990 Region Reunion Day Cohuna 19th August 1990 RR Day North Central Region 10th A.G.M. 4th May 1991 Reaffirmation of Promise 2/7/91 Gwen Derby and Fay Osborn The Chalet, Brittania Park, March Long weekend 1992 24 Hour Gathering Bendigo 15/16 October 1997 Benalla Rose Gardens 16 May 2001 Social BBQ Christmas 2001 Melbourne Cup day 1999 24 Hour Gathering Oct 1999 24 Hour Gathering Stawell 2001 24 Hour Gathering Phillip Island 2003 25th Anniversary 2006 Long Service Awards 15 Oct 2006 100 years of Guiding Christmas 2011girl guides, guiding, merle bush, trefoil guild

This commemorative badge identifying the wearer as a Girl Guide and was used in the 1970's and later. The Girl Guides "World Camps" was founded in 1924 and each subsequent "camp" was in other global countries. The Camp Baree was held in 1947/1948 in Pennsylvania in the USA. In Victoria, Australia, a Barree Regional location for Girl guides, encompasses the Kiewa Valley and its regions. Girl guides in rural areas covered the same developmental programs as in the city areas but the bush settings of annual camps did not have the same impact as for city based guides. The comradeship however, bringing together girls from a widely diverse background, was still a very important objective of the Girl Guide movementThe significance of this badge is that the Girl Guides held a World Camp in the Barree region which included the Kiewa Valley.This world wide attention(Girl Guides) to this region paid special attention to the "home side" girls and highlighted in particular those girls in the Kiewa Valley who participated in the Girl Guide movement. The ability to have such a personal contact with so many girls from so many world regions helped to break the somewhat isolated regional life. The fundamental lessons of the girl guides was and still is to enrich young girls knowledge of skills which provides self esteem, pride in achievements and the togetherness with like minded girls. Social barriers are left behind and good friendships are formed. Some of these friendships continued as life long links.This round badge made from brass and has coloured enamel sections outlining various "Barree Region" scenery. In the far distant horizon are snow capped mountains. These are coloured brown with white tipped summits.The central focus is a blue stream with a dark blue "gum" tree to the left and a brass etched tent pegged onto green grass. These pictures are framed within a house structure. A red coloured boomerang lies under the "house" frame with the name of the region on it,"BARREE REGION" The badge is fastened onto a lapel or other clothing by two "L" shaped hooks extending from the back of the badge.On the front of the badge (on the sketched boomerang "BARREE REGION". On the back in raised lettering is"BERTRAM BROS MELB."societies, girl guides, barree region, metal identity badges

Digital copy of Girl Guides' Association Brownies' certificate for Lynette Nink joining 2nd Ringwood Pack, 10/09/1968 - multi-colouredAt bottom of certificate: "BROWNIES do their best to 'lend a hand'"