Historical information

Theodore Hendy (architect) established the 1st Surrey Hills Scout Troop on 18 June 1909. His daughter was Mrs Alan Duck of Blackburn.
The first edition of the troop's bulletin 'The Boomerang' was printed in January 1937.
The Scout Association of Victoria have no records before 1914.Thereafter records are incomplete. The best source of information for the period 1908-1912 is 'Every Saturday' - a magazine supplement of The Age (See SLV).

Physical description

Vertical file of material including:
1. Letter from T.F Hendy to Baden Powell, 1909 (1 page).
2. Notes re foundation of Scouts Association in Melbourne; list of some early scoutmasters (1909-1925); and notes from Mrs A. Duck (about 1982) (1 page).
3. ‘A successful year’ from ‘’Pals annual’’, 6.11.1926 (1 page).
4. “Boomerang’’, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1937 (1 doubled page).
5. Letter from The Scout Association of Australia, Victorian Branch archivist A.R. Milne to Mrs. J. Hall, 8.10.1981 (1 page); and lists of Masters 1914-1945 (2 pages).
6. Boy scouts: notes from Mrs. June Rimington, c. 1982/3 (4 pages).
7. Boy scouts in Surrey Hills – information from various sources, 1986 (1 page).
8. First Surrey Hills scout troop from ‘’Every Saturday’’, 259.1909 (1 page).
9. Scouting in Camberwell from ‘’The Saga of Melba’s own’’ extracts re 1908-1965 (2 pages); and notes from Scout Association archivist; and Mrs Buchanan (undated), (1 page).
10. Notes on Hendy and Apted from ‘’Edwardian Geelong, an architectural introduction’’ by Richard Aitken, November, 1979 (2 pages).
11. Notes on Hendy and Apted from ‘’The Cyclopedia of Victoria’’, undated (2 pages).
12. Scouts in Surrey Hills as per No 7, (2 pages).
13. Boy scouts in Surrey Hills/Mont Albert by Alan Holt, (undated), (1 page).
14. Boy scouts: notes on T. Hendy and Servan family, undated (1 page).
15. Extracts from Box Hill Reporter 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929 (2 pages).
16. Troop notes re 1st Surrey Hills from ‘’Victorian scout’’, October, 1926 (1 page). (Source Aline Thompson, Scout Heritage Victoria, February, 2017).
17. Troop notes re 1st Surrey Hills, from ‘’Victorian scout’’, 8.11.1928 (1 page). (Source Aline Thompson, Scout Heritage Victoria, February, 2017).
18. Troop notes re 1st Surrey Hills, from ‘’Victorian scout’’, 7.1.1929 (1 page). (Source Aline Thompson, Scout Heritage Victoria, February, 2017).
19. ‘Christmas good turns’ re 1st Surrey Hills, from ‘’Victorian scout’’, 7.1.1929 (1 page). (Source Aline Thompson, Scout Heritage Victoria, February, 2017).
20. ‘Correspondence: The early days’ re 1st Surrey Hills, from ‘’Victorian scout’’, 8.7.1929 (1 page). (Source Aline Thompson, Scout Heritage Victoria, February, 2017).