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Remarkable women: Lorraine Pittaway
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Lorraine Pittaway. Here is Lorraine’s story. Lorraine Pittaway’s interest in guiding began when she made her Promise as a young Guide in the Shenton Park unit in 1952. Five years later she became … Continue reading
Remarkable women: Dagmara Krasting
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Dagmara Krasting. Dagmara was a key person in a special Brownie tradition. Can you guess what it was? Dagmara was a Brownie Leader in her native Estonia before coming to Australia. After living … Continue reading
Remarkable women: Thea Brown
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Thea Brown. Find out what she had to watch out for while Girl Guides swam in a lagoon! The billy of water would not come to the boil – the fire was … Continue reading
Remarkable women: Denise Pruim
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Denise Pruim. Find out why she has a photo hidden in her closet. In 1981, Pat Goodheart showed us how to start up a Brownie and Guide Company in Kardinya. Peggy Stacy … Continue reading
Remarkable women: Muriel Freeman
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Muriel Freeman. Here is her story. Muriel Freeman was a well- known guiding identity in Albany as a Brownie Leader from the 1950’s, but she always remembered her early guiding days. She was … Continue reading
Remarkable women: Jill Cook
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Jill Cook. Here is Jill’s story. Jill Cook was a much loved and respected guiding identity in the Swan Valley area. From the time that she became involved in guiding in 1977 … Continue reading
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Remarkable women: Shirley Craigie
This Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Shirley Craigie. Find out why she got sent home when she first tried to join Girl Guides. I joined guides when I was ten and a half after being sent home at … Continue reading
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GEM100 wrap-up
This post contains a LOT of photos! See if you can find yourself and please leave a comment if you do. First some thanks: 1. Thanks to the organising committee for a spectacular job of creating a memorable event for … Continue reading
Remarkable Women: Joy O’Grady
This post’s Remarkable Women of Girl Guides WA is Joy O’Grady. Joy recalls life as a Ranger. “I can recall camping with our Ranger unit about 1955. We caught a train to Midland and then followed a map to a farming property. … Continue reading
Remarkable Women: Judith Amey
This month’s Remarkable Woman of Girl Guides WA is Judith Amey. Here is her story … Guiding has always been important to me. I can’t remember when I first heard about Brownies and Guides but I was immediately drawn to it. … Continue reading
100 Years of Girl Guides in WA 