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This plaque was originally presented as part of a seat, with the inscription:
GIRL GUIDES
FROM THE
CITY OF CAMBERWELL
PRESENTED THIS SEAT TO CELEBRATE
75 YEARS OF GUIDING
AND THE
150th ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORIA
1985
It is located on the Anniversary Trail, just south of Canterbury Road, embedded in a large rock by the trail.
As of 1953, the Guide movement in Camberwell consisted of three districts whose areas embraces all the well settled parts of the City. Their numbers were 150 Brownies, 300 Guides, 34 Cadets and Rangers who were led by 27 Guiders. Some of those companies had been active for more than twenty years and during that time had assisted materially in Patriotic appeals and many efforts in the City.
(Source: "The City of Camberwell; Its Historical Outline, Social and Welfare Activities, Cultural Institutions, Services and future development." City of Boroondara Library Service)
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| Guides marching, Canterbury Road, 1958 |
