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Remarkable Women: Paddy Firstenberg

Posted on February 17, 2015 by communications254

Continuing the Trefoil Guild’s celebration of Remarkable Women of Guiding for the centenary year, this month the spotlight is on Paddy Firstenberg… Paddy’s love of Guiding began in Ireland where she joined the movement as a Brownie in Tipperary. As … Continue reading →

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Snippets from the past: Girl Guides WA’s Cenotaph Flag

Posted on November 26, 2014 by communications254

There was pride and excitement in 1931 when Lady Baden-Powell brought a Cenotaph flag to Australia. The Cenotaph is a war memorial situated on Whitehall in London. It is an empty tomb in memory of all service people who have fought and … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Women of Guiding: Susan Bennetts

Posted on October 30, 2014 by communications254

This month we take pleasure in introducing to you Susan Bennetts, one of our truly Remarkable Women. Susan’s guiding years, both as a Guide and as an adult have been spent in the South-West town of Albany. When she was … Continue reading →

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Snippets of history: Girl Guides WA in World War II

Posted on October 20, 2014 by communications254

Girl Guides in Western Australia worked hard to help out with the war effort in World War II, 1939 to 1945. Here are some of the initiatives Girl guides worked on. Helping Bombed Areas During World War II the Girl … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Women: Ida Lloyd, AM BEM

Posted on October 14, 2014 by communications254

Ida G Lloyd AM BEM This post is about remarkable woman Ida Lloyd, 15 December 1914 – 15 August, 2006. Ida was born in England in 1914 where she was a Brownie and a Girl Guide.  In 1951 she and … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Women of Guiding 2: Joan McLean

Posted on September 15, 2014 by communications254

Many of us have known Joan McLean during the forty years of her involvement as an adult member of Guiding in Western Australia. Joan became a Unit Leader in 1973 and then joined the Lone Guides in 1979 spending many … Continue reading →

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Remarkable Women: Dawn Barrie

Posted on August 21, 2014 by communications254

The WA Trefoil Guild Committee has launched the Remarkable Women project. Our first featured woman is Dawn Barrie. Dawn Barrie’s story We are beginning our centenary profiles with an example of one of Guiding’s quiet achievers – one of the many, … Continue reading →

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