| Girl Guides NSW & ACT | |||
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| Headquarters | Locked Bag 950, Strawberry Hills, NSW, 2012 | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Affiliation | Girl Guides Australia | ||
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| Website www.girlguides-nswact.org.au |
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In 1920 Dame Margaret Davidson, wife of the Governor of NSW, called a special meeting of prominent women in Sydney, to try to interest them in starting Guiding in the State. It was decided that Guides was not for them as girls already had sufficient opportunities to be outdoors. Nella Levy read about this meeting in a newspaper and wrote to the newspaper contradicting this feeling. Levy was subsequently was invited to tea at Government House by Davidson. Davidson told her "Queen Mary would like to see Girl Guides in New South Wales, and I want you to start it." Levy took the challenge. She travelled widely, recruiting volunteers, forming Companies and enrolling Guides.
There are 11 Girl Guide Regions in NSW&ACT which include Northern Sydney, Greater Rivers, Cumberland Plains and Southern Sydney Rivers (the 4 regions of Sydney) and North Pacific Coast, Twin Rivers, South Coast and Highlands, Coastal Valleys, Central West, North West Inland and ACT&South East Region.
Read more about this topic: Scouting And Guiding In New South Wales
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