In 1967 hundreds of Scouts descended upon Gympie during the centenary celebrations of the founding of the city.
WBQ8 (now Seven Network) filmed the occasion and that video can be viewed on YouTube Scout Camp in Gympie 1967.
Originally a news broadcast on Wide Bay Television. This film was originally produced by WBQ 8 and was reproduced as 7 Extract from the Archives project. The project was supported by an innovation grant from the Library Board of Queensland.
© 2020 Seven Network and Gympie Regional Libraries
The camp was held at Watson Road, Southside 25 March 1967 and consisted of over 300 scouts from Gympie, Bundaberg, Maryborough, Glasshouse Mountains, Ipswich, Wooroolin, Gayndah, Nambour, Woombye, Pialba and Warwick.
[Gympie Times Saturday 25 March 1967 page 1 – Big scout camp underway]
The scout at the end of the video is Philip Smith-Goodwin from Gympie who received the Baden Powell award.
[Gympie Times Tuesday 28 March 1967 page 1 – High award to Gympie Scout]
The “gold” at the camp was a replica of a gold nugget.
[Gympie Times Tuesday 28 March 1967 page 2 – Gold at scout camp]
The Scouting in Queensland magazine, which is available online at the State Library of Queensland, ran an article about the camp and many advertisements from local businesses.
The advertisements below are a mixture of businesses in Gympie – some of which still operate today.
You can download the digitised copies of Scouting in Queensland through One Search – the State Library of Queensland search function.
To view the video of the Scout Camp Scout Camp – Gympie 1967.
Originally a news broadcast on Wide Bay Television. This film was originally produced by WBQ 8 and was reproduced as 7 Extract from the Archives project. The project was supported by an innovation grant from the Library Board of Queensland.
© 2020 Seven Network and Gympie Regional Libraries
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