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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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Remarkable Women: Jan Rose
This post’s Remarkable Women of Girl Guides WA is Jan Rose. Here is her story. Jan’s early Guiding years were spent in Cobar in Western New South Wales. She remembers passing her Tenderfoot Test and camping on the property of the … Continue reading
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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: Nancy Brazier
This post’s Remarkable Women of Girl Guides WA is Nancy Brazier who recalls eating a particularly sandy meal at one Girl Guide camp! Here is her story. Nancy Brazier joined the Girl Guide Association when she became an enrolled member of … Continue reading
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100 Years of Girl Guides in WA 