Independent Australian Scouts - History

History

On my honour I promise to strive.
To seek and serve God, help other people and respect my country;
To keep myself mentally, physically and morally fit; and
To obey and live by the Scout's Code.

Independent Australian Scouts began as the Independent Scouts of Australia in 1986. The founding members were all former Queen's Scouts, with years of experience as scout leaders who were dissatisfied with the direction, costs and claims of The Scout Association of Australia. The association registered the name Independent Scouts of Australia Incorporated in 1988. After contact in 1991 with the British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association, Scouts of Australia joined the Order of World Scouts. In 1992, the organisation was incorporated nationally and renamed Scouts of Australia. Scouts of Australia successfully defended legal claims by The Scout Association of Australia to the exclusive right to use the name "scout" and the fleur de lis scout emblem but the corporate name was changed to the present title in 2001

Independent Australian Scouts operated under the name Scouts of Australia from 1992 and registered the business name Scouts Australia. The Scout Association of Australia adopted the name Scouts Australia in 1997. Independent Australian Scouts adopted a logo consisting of a fleur de lis with a five star southern cross constellation above the word "Scouts" and applied for registration of a trademark in 1993. In 1997, The Scout Association of Australia changed its logo from a fleur de lis with just two stars to a fleur de lis with a five star southern cross constellation above the word "Scouts".

Independent Australian Scouts offered a very simple organization structure. In 1996, The Scout Association of Australia simplified its structures and completely re-wrote its Policy Organisation and Rules 1993 as Policy and Rules, 1996.