Heritage - Victorian Scout Heritage Centre
Victorian Scout Heritage Centre
Welcome to Scout Heritage Victoria
The Scout Heritage Victoria museum is located in a small cottage tucked in behind Como House at 27 Como Avenue South Yarra. It is well positioned, overlooking Como Park and the Yarra River. Scout Heritage Victoria has been using Como Cottage known as “Sithen Brownsea” for the last 30 years. Sithen is old English for “after”; therefore the name means “After Brownsea”.
The front view of Sithen Brownsea at our open day held on 27th February 2011
Sithen Brownsea consists of six rooms packed with your scouting history.
VISIT YOUR SCOUTING HERITAGE
The “Chiefs Room”
The “Chiefs Room” displays a photographic record of all of our Chief Commissioners dating back to 1909. There is a magnificent display of medals and awards.
The Uniform room
In the uniform room you will be greeted life-size models wearing the Australian Scouting uniforms dated back to circa 1910, Memorabilia surrounding the scouts includes …
The tall leader second from the right is wearing the uniform from Chief Scout of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe
The centre room
In the centre room displays the awards of some of Victoria’s most decorated scouting leaders this room features scouting memorabilia from the last 100 years with a wealth of old newspaper clippings and many gadgets that scouts and leaders used during the early days,
This particular display is dedicated to C Roy Nichols Victoria’s most awarded Scouter.
The Jamboree Room
In the Jamboree Room you will be blown away with some of the items presented to Scouts Victoria for hosting Jamborees over the years. While you are there, check out the photos of some of the early Australian Jamborees. See if you can work out how many attended these events. Can you imagine using the old packs they used for hiking in the early days.
Jamboree room display and old photos of some of the early events
Temporary display room
The Room at the rear of the cottage currently has a selection of camp blankets and casual scouting gear. This is what members would wear when sitting around the campfire in the evenings. If only these blankets could talk, they would tell some wonderful stories.
Camp blankets and casual gear worn when sitting aroung the camp fire in the evenings.
The Rover room
In the Rover room the display consists of many items relating this section, plus a significant display relating to the Rover Crew in the Changi prisoner of war camp.
This is also where you can purchase badges for swapping or just collecting to create your own individual camp blanket.