"UTYANA" A brief record of the activities of 1st and 2nd Frenchs Forest Scout Groups from the inception of 1st Frenchs Forest to March 6, 1976, when the Hon. R.O. Healey, M.L.A., opened the Group Scout Hall.
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1. "UTYANA"
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2. The Pioneers
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"UTYANA"
Standing at the high end of Utyana Place, above Bantry Bay, the new Scout Hall looked superb on it's opening day, well designed and very much at home in it's native bush setting.
A happy place , where young people could learn how to become self-dependant, yet ready to help those who were not; or a bridge whereby boys could safely cross into manhood. Built solidly, like the Scouting Association itself, the Hall is a focus of those strong community virtues which made democracies, as well as Scouting , what they are.
Long may it serve in its role of initiating youth for the challenges of the adult world.
In 1933 the Forest, like the rest of Australia was suffering from the cruel effecs of the Great Depression. The little community, consisiting of about 100 people, depended mainly on farming activities for its livelihood, including pig runs, vegetable cultivation, and chicken raising. There was little enough money for essentials, let alone luxuries like Scouting!
In spite of the hardships pne young man is his late teens determined to get Scouting established. Keith Spence and his brother worked a vegetable farm named "Koorawong" in the area where Haigh Avenue is today. Keith had been a Scout himself and wanted to pass it on.
In spite of the hardships pne young man is his late teens determined to get Scouting established. Keith Spence and his brother worked a vegetable farm named "Koorawong" in the area where Haigh Avenue is today. Keith had been a Scout himself and wanted to pass it on.