Our History
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1 August 1907 is regarded as the beginning of the Scout Movement worldwide.

​Lord Baden Powell travelled widely, encouraging Scouting in every country he visited.

​He came to Australia three times, in 1912, 1931 and to the first Australian Jamboree in 1934-35.

​​​In December 1939, the Reverend Ronald O’Brien of Arcadia received his warrant to become a Cub Master for 1st Dural Cub Pack in the Parramatta District and thus the Group was started.
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Photo from the 1950's.                                                                            Bundilla Scout Camp, 1958

Cub Pack, 1957                                                                                          Scout Troop 1957

​Member numbers were at their highest in the 1960’s to 1980’s, and for some time we had two Cub Packs and two Scout Troops. There was even a 1st Dural Rover Crew.

1st Dural Scouts at Lansdowne Jamboree, 1961

​Over the years the Group met at several locations in the District including Leaders’ garages and makeshift halls until finally moving to our present purpose-built hall in the 1985.

Mr Alan Cadman, MP, opens the Dural Scout Hall in 1985

We have always had the Cub and Scout sections available to interested youth members and in 2005; the Dural scout group welcomed our own Joey unit to the family. The Venturers and Rover sections have been started up several times but in the past have had to close due to difficulties in sustaining the sections when youth members are completing their final schooling and beginning to work. Despite this the group is proud to have produced over 30 Queen Scouts (highest badge awarded in the Venturer section) to date. We have also recently welcomed the return of our Rover unit.

Celebrating 70 years of Dural Scouts, in 2009