1st Kosciusko
Status: Still operating
Registered: 12/12/1961
Hall: Alpine Activity Centre, Barry Way, Jindabyne
Scarf: Gold (or yellow) base with ½ in brown border
History
Group started November 1961. Pack registered 21/12/1961, Troop registered 22/2/1962 and met at school hall and outside with John de Majnick CM and John O’Donnell SM. South Coast list registrations said group registered 12/12/1961.
Originally was at Island Bend a Snowy Mountains Authority construction township. In 1967 Island Bend township closed and Group went into recess. Restarted in December 1968 at Jindabyne, Troop reregistered 1/1/1969 with Keith Gant-Thompson as SM, Cubs February 1969, Seniors November 1971. Group moved a building from Island Bend to Jindabyne in May 1970 to be hall.
Senior Troop registered September 1971 with M Corby SSL. In June 1982 Jindabyne Alpine Adventure base opened and became home of group. 1987 South Coast Annual report said mixed troop had completed 1st Year (girls started May 1986 with 4 girls in Troop, had 7 by mid-1987) – this was 2 years before Cubs and Scouts became mixed and Group had received special permission to have girls as declining population in town and town had had no Girl Guides for 13 years
Had 29 in 1962, 21 Cubs/14 Scouts/7 Leaders in 1987, 33 Youth/7 Leaders in 1989, 22 Youth/5 Leaders in 1990, 18 Cubs/16 Scouts/5 Venturers/6 Leaders in 1991, 13 Cubs/5 Scouts/4 Leaders in 1992
Venturer Unit in course of formation in 1988 and was deregistered April 1998 but had ceased operating earlier as when relaunched in April 2002 article said had closed decade earlier. Unit registered October 2002 with Attila Ovari as VL. Hall now at Alpine Activities Centre, Barry Way Jindabyne.
Previous leaders
? – ? · Brian Kay · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · David N. Collins · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Garry J. Huggett · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · J. Ewing · Venturer Leader
? – ? · Nancy Gant-Thompson · Assistant Cub Leader
? – ? · Roy Willis · Assistant Scout Leader
? – ? · Susanne Corby · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 1991 · Pamela Corly · Assistant Cub Leader
? – 2009 · Ross Ewing · Venturer Leader
1961 – 1968 · John De Majnik · Cub Master
1962 – ? · J. O'Donnell · Scout Master
1962 – ? · N. Priestley · Assistant Cub Leader
1963 – ? · K. Connelly · Assistant Cub Leader
1968 – 1973 · Rodney Hope · Venturer Leader
1969 – 1971 · Mervyn O. Corby · Assistant Scout Master
1969 – 1976 · Keith I. Gant-Thompson · Scout Master
1969 – 1977 · Dorothy V. Kington · Cub Master
1971 – ? · Brian R. Farmer · Group Scout Master
1971 – ? · Mervyn O. Corby · Senior Scout Leader
1972 – 1973 · Adrian P. Le Motte · Assistant Scout Master
1972 – 1973 · Leonard J. Weston · Assistant Cub Master
1973 – ? · Rodney Hope · Assistant Venturer Leader
1975 – 1983 · Robert G. Kershaw · Assistant Scout Leader
1976 – ? · Keith I. Gant-Thompson · Group Leader
1976 – 1977 · John H. Sim · Assistant Scout Leader
1976 – 1977 · Wendy M. Farmer · Assistant Cub Leader
1976 – 1978 · Dennis L. G. Foley · Scout Leader
1976 – 1978 · Keith C. Alston · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – ? · Narelle J. Leven · Assistant Cub Leader
1978 – 1982 · Keith C. Alston · Assistant Scout Leader
1978 – 1991 · Christa I. Waehrer · Cub Leader
1981 – ? · Michael W. Lees · Assistant Cub Leader
1981 – 1982 · Pamela E. Corby · Assistant Cub Leader
1982 – ? · Keith C. Alston · Scout Leader
1982 – ? · Pamela E. Corby · Assistant Cub Leader
1983 – 1984 · Robert G. Kershaw · Assistant Venturer Leader
1984 – 1985 · Robert G. Kershaw · Venturer Leader
1985 – ? · Paul Brown · Assistant Cub Leader
1985 – ? · Ross Constable · Assistant Scout Leader
1986 – 1988 · Robert G. Kershaw · Venturer Leader
1988 – ? · Nancy Gant-Thompson · Scout Leader
1988 – 1990 · Robert G. Kershaw · Assistant Venturer Leader
1990 – 1992 · Keith I. Gant-Thompson · Group Leader
1992 – ? · Christopher Neilsen · Scout Leader
1992 – 1994 · Patrick Brooks · Assistant Scout Leader
1992 – 1998 · David Darlington · Assistant Cub Leader
1992 – 1998 · Trevor Hockings · Cub Leader
1993 – 1999 · Christine Gant-Thompson · Scout Leader
1997 – 1998 · Shauna-Lee Hulbert · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – 1998 · Vicki Roarty · Assistant Cub Leader
1997 – 1999 · Lynette Garthon · Assistant Cub Leader
1999 – 2008 · Allan Barkley · Scout Leader
2002 – 2004 · Attila Ovari · Venturer Leader
2002 – 2007 · Peta Truscott · Cub Leader
2003 – ? · Bruce Florance · Trainee Leader (Cub Scout)
2004 – ? · Ross Ewing · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2007 · Dale Whitfield · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2007 · Debbie Duffy · Assistant Cub Leader
2005 – 2008 · Steven Manning · Assistant Cub Leader
2006 – ? · Linda Beaver · Assistant Scout Leader
2007 – ? · Dale Whitfield · Cub Leader
2007 – ? · Debbie Duffy · Group Leader
2007 – 2008 · Bradley Parsons · Assistant Scout Leader
2007 – 2008 · Peta Truscott · Assistant Cub Leader
2007 – 2008 · Robyn Dorman · Associate Leader
2008 – ? · Jeffrey Matthes · Assistant Cub Leader
2008 – 2009 · Stephen Truscott · Associate Leader
2008 – 2010 · Hayden Whitfield · Associate Leader
2008 – 2010 · Susan Cartwright · Associate Leader
2009 – 2010 · Stephen Truscott · Assistant Venturer Leader
2010 – ? · Jean-Pierre Staelens · Assistant Scout Leader
2010 – ? · Paul Beaver · Associate Leader
2010 – ? · Scott Cartwright · Associate Leader
2010 – ? · Susan Cartwright · Assistant Cub Leader
2020 – ? · Tony Cowcher · Group Leader
2022 – ? · Sarah Collum · Venturer Leader
pre 2018 – ? · Joseph Cleworth · Group Leader
2024 – ? · Michael Greenwood · Scout Leader
Awards
Cub Scout Grey Wolf Award
2006 · Michaela Ripper
2007 · Elizabeth Beaver
2011 · Rebecca Matthes
2015 · Aaron Penny
Kings/Queens Scouts
1993 · Dane Alston
2006 · Hannah Lachmund
Silver Wattle
2023 · Edward Cowcher
Meritorious Service Award
2019 · Edward Cowcher
Special Service Award
2023 · Michael Greenwood, Sarah Collum
Medal of Merit
1985 · Keith Gant-Thompson
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