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63-705: Scouting and Guiding in Queensland is represented by Scouts Australia , Girl Guides Australia , Plast Ukrainian Scouts, and the Australian Baden-Powell Scouts' Association. CHUMS Scout Patrols started forming in Australia in 1908 due to the circulation of CHUMS publication there. R. C. Packer in 1908 supported the formation of the League of Boy Scouts . St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its unit on 23 November 1908. In 1909,

126-784: A registered training organisation (RTO), trading as the Scouts Australia Institute of Training (SAIT). Scouts Australia's adult leader training program now leads adults and Rover Scouts to a Certificate III in Business and a Certificate IV in Leadership and Management, as well as the Scouting Woodbadge qualification . Woodbadge Leaders and Rovers can then undertake the Diploma of Leadership and Management qualification through SAIT. The Boys%27 Brigade Australia The Boys' Brigade

189-776: A branch of the Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom. Before its formation, branches of the Boy Scouts Association had been formed in each Australian state. Initially, each Australian state branch was directly responsible to the Imperial Headquarters of the Boy Scouts Association in London . In 1922, the Boy Scouts Association formed its Australian Federal Council, consisting of nominees of its Australian state branches, to achieve cooperation and coordination at

252-474: A common uniform and common award scheme structure set by the national executive committee. The national executive committee appoints the organisation's Chief Scout , currently David Hurley , the Governor-General of Australia . In the past, the organisation's positions of chief scouts and state branch chief scouts had usually been held, respectively, by the governor-general or governor of the state. When he

315-509: A former Lieutenant of the 1st Glasgow Company under the Captaincy of Sir William A. Smith . The formation of this Company marked the commencement of the present era of The Boys' Brigade in Australia. In the years following the First World War, a former Captain of the 5th Dublin ( Ireland ) Company, Rev. J. Wesley Smith, who had migrated to Western Australia , after correspondence with Mr. Orr,

378-762: A high population growth rate, well above the world average. According to a 2014 media article, "Scouts Australia is hoping [to] arrest a steady decline in membership. In 1979 the organisation had 114,500 youth members, today there are 52,000." According to its own annual reports participation decreased from 84,502 in 2,126 groups in 2001 to 63,200 in 1,836 groups in 2005, while in 2012 there were 49,181 children and youth, 2,587 young adult Rovers and 14,113 adult leaders and support roles in 1,486 groups and, in 2022, there were 48,796 children and youths, 2,792 young adult Rovers and 15,147 adult leaders and support roles in 1,321 groups. The organisation has an exceptionally high number of adults compared to its number of youth participants with

441-474: A large portion of public donations going towards the many salaries of headquarters staff, making the Chief Commissioner a paid position and its failure to respond to his call for reforms to its centralisation efforts. He felt it was contrary to the first principles of Scouting but would continue to support the movement. Several scouts-in-exile groups started in the 1940s for eastern European scouts, including

504-453: A local Scout group. Lones can include people with impairments that inhibit attending regular meetings, people who are constant travellers or go to places at which they are unable to attend a group i.e. boarding school or isolated communities. Lone Scout Groups may hold camps or other gatherings to enable their members to come together but, between such events, deliver Scouting virtually via internet, radio and post. The organisation operates in

567-638: A modified Scout Promise using "Sure and Steadfast", the B.B. motto. St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its unit on 23 November 1908, under Benjamin Gilmore Patterson. Patterson was in the militia from 1900 to 1904 in the Sydney University Scouts with Sir Leslie Orme Wilson . The unit was registered with the Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts as the 1st Mount Morgan Company in 1910. The Company also that year affiliated itself with

630-553: A more coordinated basis for growth, an Australian Council was formed at the turn of the century, based in Sydney. The first Annual Report in 1900 noted that the Secretary knew of 15 Companies functioning with a membership of 431 Boys and 41 Officers. The first Battalion Council was formed in Adelaide in 1901 and comprised four Companies. In the beginning of the 20th century, several Companies of

693-694: A national level. The Boy Scouts Association later appointed an Australian commissioner. The Australian Federal Council functioned as a branch of the Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom, and the Australian commissioner was appointed by the Imperial Headquarters in London. The Australian Federal Council of the Boy Scouts Association became a member of the International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement in 1953, rather than being represented through

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756-502: A ratio of more than one adult for every three youths. Scouts Australia is a council which is not elected by, representative of or accountable to the Scouts, the adults in Scouting or Scout groups. The council consists of a majority of members elected by the council itself, office bearers appointed by the council or its national executive committee, state and territory office bearers appointed by

819-705: A result, they no longer had the legal right to the use of the name The Boys' Brigade in New South Wales and South Australia and ultimately agreed to use the name The British Empire Boys' Brigade. In 1970, the Australian Council adopted the name "The Boys' Brigade Australia" and the Movement is now known by that name in all States of Australia. In 1948, the Overseas Committee of The Boys’ Brigade Executive Committee in London, appointed Mr. Robert McEwan (Captain of

882-646: Is a trading name of The Scout Association of Australia , which is the largest scouting organisation in Australia , with over 50,000 Youth Program Participants, and is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement . It was formed in 1958 and incorporated in 1967. It operates personal development programs for children and young adults from 5 to 25 years of age with programs successively opened to girls after 1971. The organisation's current stated purpose

945-440: Is to "contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities". Participation in the organisation's programs declined in the late 20th and early 21st centuries despite opening participation to girls and ever younger children and Australia having

1008-744: The Naval Boys' Brigade were formed, mainly in Victoria, and in 1907 separate Battalions of Military and Naval Companies were formed in that State. Most of these Companies merged with the Government scheme of Military Training for Boys of 12 and upwards introduced in July 1911; as a result of this scheme, plus the drain on leadership into the Armed Forces , few Companies survived the First World War . Their Scout program

1071-472: The lst Mount Morgan Company continued. Another point of interest relating to the pre-Second World War years is that, upon the Brigade becoming more active in New South Wales in the early 1930s, it was pointed out that other non-uniformed Boys’ Organisations had been operating in Sydney and Adelaide for many years under the name The Boys’ Brigade and had been incorporated in those States as Limited Companies. As

1134-570: The "Plast Ukrainian Youth Association in Brisbane, Queensland". The Australian Boy Scouts Association was formed in 1958 and incorporated On 23 August 1967, as a branch of The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom. The Queensland Branch of The Boy Scouts Association was declared a first Branch of The Australian Boy Scouts Association. In 1971 The Scout Association of Australia changed its name to The Scout Association of Australia. On 15 August 1974, The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch,

1197-500: The 1st Brisbane is still active. No further Companies were formed in Queensland or Victoria up to the outbreak of the Second World War and in New South Wales growth was extremely slow, there being 18 Companies active in Sydney at that time. However, the immediate post-war years saw a rapid spread of the Movement so that there are now Companies in all States and Territories. The Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts program ended in 1927 while

1260-623: The 3rd Sydney Company) to act as Honorary Organiser for Australia and acting under this authority Mr. McEwan invited one Officer in each State to join him in what was called the Provisional Federal Advisory Committee (P.F.A.C.). This body continued to operate until 1955 when each State was invited to appoint two representatives to the Committee. The enlarged P.F.A.C. paved the way for the formation of The Australian Council and on 1 January 1958, The Boys' Brigade Australian Council

1323-771: The Australian Boy Scouts Association. In 1975, the organisation's Papua New Guinea branch became an independent organisation. In 1971, the organisation dropped the word "boy" from its name when it changed its name from the Australian Boy Scouts Association to the Scout Association of Australia. Until 1976, it admitted only British Subjects to membership and programs and other nationalities only on special conditions and approval. After 1976, British subjects continued to be automatically admitted to membership while foreign subjects, including residents were still subject to special conditions and approval. In 1997,

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1386-632: The Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland formed. Other groups could have been formed in Queensland by the Boys' Brigade Scouts, British Boy Scouts (BBS), Imperial Boy Scouts (IBS), Anglican Church Lads' Brigade's Church Scout Patrols, Girl Peace Scouts and YMCA Scouts. In 1910 the CHUMS Scout Patrols merged with the BBS. Also in July 1910, the Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland affiliated to

1449-491: The Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland. In July 1910, the Australian League of Boy Scouts Queensland affiliated with the United Kingdom's Boy Scouts Association/Baden-Powell Boy Scouts and changes names to League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queensland Section. The in effect triple affiliation existed until the merger of Queensland into the Boy Scout Association in 1926 and the dual affiliation in 1927 with end of

1512-606: The Australian Scout Promise which individuals may choose to select: Option One : On my honour, I promise to do my best, To do my duty to my God and To the King of Australia, To help other people, And to live by the Scout Law. Option Two : On my honour, I promise To do my best, To be true to my spiritual beliefs, To contribute to my community and our world, To help other people, And to live by

1575-556: The BB Scouts. In 1921, Patterson received the Silver Wolf Award as Queensland's second awardee. Patterson had also served as a district commissioner of the BSA. The Commonwealth Parliament in 1924 praised him for his Mount Morgan Scouts efforts. The Boy Scout Association moved for government monopoly status and centralised control. Also that year, the BSA's Queensland branch constitution

1638-555: The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom. In 1958, when the Australian Boy Scouts Association was formed, it succeeded the Australian Federal Council of the Boy Scouts Association. In 1967, the organisation was incorporated by royal charter as a branch of the Scout Association of the United Kingdom. Each of the Australian state branches and the Papua New Guinea branch of the Scout Association became branches of

1701-516: The Boy Scouts Association's Chief Scout of Queensland because of the failure of the Queensland branch to respond to his call for reforms to its centralisation effort that led to the severance of the Mount Morgan Blue Boy Scouts. For the history of Boy Scouts and the Scout Movement in Australia generally, see Scouting and Guiding in Australia . The organisation was formed in 1958 under the name ' Australian Boy Scouts Association , as

1764-628: The Heritage Archival Reference Centre at Auchenflower hold heritage material on Scouting in Queensland and help Scouts with the Heritage Badge. The Baden-Powell Guild also operates in Queensland and has many sub-branches and members. There is a Scout Air Activities Centre at Redcliffe Aerodrome. The association has several properties across the state, including: Web Access Made Easy was founded by Scouts Queensland to be an internet service provider in Queensland and to support

1827-825: The League of Boy Scouts had stopped operating around 1914. A part of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the Voluntary Aid Detachments during World War I. Baden-Powell's scouting organisation finally extended itself to Australia almost five years after founding, known as the 'Baden-Powell Boy Scouts' in 1914 later rename to the Boy Scout's Association. The League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queensland Section changes names again to Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section. The Salvation Army's Life Saving Scouts start up in 1921. Boy Scout's Association, Queensland Section merges with

1890-461: The Scout Law. Be Respectful - Be friendly and considerate. Care for others and the environment. Do What is Right - Be trustworthy, honest and fair. Use resources wisely. Believe in Myself - Learn from my experiences. Face challenges with courage. Youth development in the organisation's programs is divided into several age group stages. The age groups encourage movement through

1953-572: The United Kingdom's Boy Scouts Association and changed names to League of Baden-Powell Boy Scouts, Queensland Section. St. Enoch's affiliated their company with the Boy's Brigade Scouts in 1910. Started in 1910, the Australian Boy Scouts had merged with the Imperial Boy Scouts to become Australian Imperial Boy Scouts (AIBS) by 1912. The Church Scout Patrols ceased activities by 1912 while

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2016-525: The branch. The Brisbane Gang Show is an amateur theatrical performance. It is the second longest continuously running Gang Show in the world, starting in 1952 and being performed each year since. The show is held in July each year at the Schonell Theatre , University of Queensland . It is currently one of the five oldest Gang Shows in the world. The State Office is at 132 Lutwyche Road, Windsor, Queensland . Guide House, at 17 Gould Road, Herston,

2079-508: The formation of Australian affiliates of the traditionalist Baden-Powell Scouts' Association while its decline in participation continued. In 1979, following years of disaffection and concerns that the organisation, like its parent organisation in the United Kingdom, would disband Rovers, the organisation formed its national Rover council, composed of Rovers (ages 18 to 25), appointed by each of its seven branch Rover councils. The national Rover council elects an executive to represent Rovers in

2142-419: The governments so as to control the scouting movement. The BSA sent Overseas Commissioners in the 1920s and 1930s along with Baden-Powell in 1931 and 1934 to Australia in support of this effort. In 1934, the BSA began a move to centralise control over Scout Groups by insisting on property being registered in the BSA's name instead of the local Scout Group. Also that year, the BSA's Queensland branch constitution

2205-459: The intention of modernising Scouts Australia's brand, and moving Scouting more in line with Australian curriculums. Scouts Australia is a non-religious organisation. To enrol with Scouts Australia you are required to make the Scout Promise . In 2017, with the launch of "The Adventure Begins", a new promise option allows Scouts to "do my best to be true to my spiritual beliefs ", to further open

2268-694: The name 'Girl Guide Headquarters' was not used until the third established office in Victory Chambers, Queen Street in 1923. The organisation was known as the Girl Guides Association (Queensland, Australia), and later, Guides Queensland. From the British Royal charters of 1922 and 1949, the association is incorporated under the Guides Queensland Act 1970 (Qld). Girl Guides Queensland is divided into 15 regions, including one that covers

2331-549: The national executive committee and a smaller number of representatives from state and territory branch councils which are similarly not elected by, representative of or accountable to the Scouts, the adults in Scouting or Scout groups. The council usually meets just once a year. Real control lays with its national executive committee. Its national executive committee sets policy and programs and coordinates its state and territory branches. The New South Wales, Victorian and Tasmanian state branches are incorporated under special Acts of

2394-650: The non-sovereign Australian Indian Ocean Territories of: Two Scout troops in Singapore are affiliated with the organisation. The organisation is a founder member of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement . In the field of support and co-operation with other national member organisations of the Asia Pacific region, the organisation has contributed to a number of international friendship and community development-oriented projects. Over

2457-432: The organisation adopted the trading name Scouts Australia. In 1969 the organisation began a review of its youth programs under its Design for Tomorrow Committee and implemented its New Design program in 1971. The program involved a new name, new branding, new uniforms, and new award schemes. It failed to attract an increase in participants and led to considerable disaffection and loss of long-term leaders and supporters and

2520-559: The organisation's affairs and the chairperson of the National Rover Council is a member of the organisation's national executive committee. In 1997, the organisation adopted the new trading name Scouts Australia, new logo, uniforms, and branding to be more appealing, but participation rates and numbers continued to decline. In 2001, the organisation formed its National Youth Council in an attempt to engage youth and provide opportunities for youth leadership at its national level. It

2583-553: The practice of Scouting ( Queen's Scout , Baden-Powell Award , etc.). The peak award for each section is the Joey Scout Promise Award, Grey Wolf Award , Australian Scout Award , Queen's Scout Award , and Baden-Powell Scout Award respectively. (The 'Queen's Scout Award' may be renamed as the 'King's Scout Award', if King Charles III accepts Royal Patronage of the Scout Association of Australia after May 2023. ) Lone Scout Groups are for youth unable to attend or find

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2646-480: The promise to all religious faiths. The other more established option for the Australian Scout Promise includes the phrase "do my best to do my duty to my God", allowing some flexibility in the interpretation of "my God". Historically, Scouting in Australia was rooted in Christianity as that was the world view of Scouts founder, Lord Baden-Powell. Although Britain is now a majority non-religious nation Christianity

2709-632: The reforestation of the Kristi Landslide. In 1988 the organisation hosted the 16th World Scout Jamboree and the 31st World Scout Conference . Some 15,000 Scouts from 94 countries attended the jamboree at Cataract Scout Park near Sydney . An Australian Scout Jamboree has been held every three years since 1934 except for the years of the Second World War . The Scout Jamboree is the organisation's largest event but an Australian Rover Moot and an Australian Venture are also held every three years. Training institute In 1996 Scouts Australia became

2772-654: The rest of the BSA. The Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts program ended in 1927 while the Catholic Boy Scouts' Association is formed the same year by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in New South Wales and Queensland. With the end of the BB Scouts, St. Enoch's unit becomes a BSA unit. Before 1939, the Boy Scouts’ Association in the United Kingdom sponsored juvenile immigration to Queensland. The Boy Scout Association wanted their branches to receive monopoly status from

2835-530: The sections as the youth matures. The sections are: The core uniform is a navy blue shirt with the relevant youth section colour across the sleeves and collar, a scarf, and a woggle. The adult leader's shirt is only dark blue. The section colours are: The youth award scheme in Australian Scouting consists of awards for proficiency in an adventurous activity, participation in major events, recognition of service, gallantry and meritorious service, and for

2898-521: The severance of the Blue Boy Scouts' tie to the BSA. Patterson died in 1955 and the company continued independently for another two years until 1957. 1909  ( 1909 ) (state organisation) July 2, 1910  ( 1910-07-02 ) (Home Headquarters, London affiliation) The current chief commissioner for Scouts Queensland is Geoff Doo. Scouting in Queensland is divided into regions: The Baden-Powell Heritage Centre located at Samford and

2961-472: The state parliaments. while the Western Australian, South Australian, Queensland, Northern Territory, and Australian Capital Territory branches are incorporated by registration under the ordinary Associations Incorporation Acts. Each state or territory branch maintains its distinct structure, operational methods, and rules. However, all branches operate the same programs for children and young adults under

3024-466: The vesting of property and related purposes in the corporation styled "The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch". The 'Mount Morgan Scouts', 'Blue Boy Scouts', or '1st Mount Morgan Company', was a multiple-affiliated Boys Scout company initially affiliated with the Boys' Brigade (B.B.) that was also independent from 1939 to 1957. They received the name as the "Blue Boy Scouts" by retaining their B.B. heritage by wearing blue uniforms and using

3087-619: The whole state for Lone Guides (Lones region).: A Queensland Guide Museum was opened in from Geebung , Brisbane in 2008, but as of 2015, was still being relocated. Currently the Girl Guides Queensland Archives is located in Chermside , Brisbane. The organisation has several properties, but principally the Kindilan Outdoor Education and Conference Centre, Redland Bay . Scouts Australia Scouts Australia

3150-579: The years, Australian Scouts have supported emerging Scout organisations in the South Pacific. A twinning project with the Bangladesh Scouts, known as the "Bangladesh-Australia Child Health" (BACH) project, made a dramatic impact on child health in project villages during its operation from 1986 to 1992. The organisation has a twinning project with the Nepal Scouts known as NATURE Project and involves

3213-400: Was also noted at the time: 'Scoutmasters are reminded that the League of Boy Scouts is a separate and distinct organisation from the League of Girl Aids. No Scoutmaster under the League of Boy Scouts can have any control whatever over companies of Guides who have their own lady officers appointed by their own League.' Miss Marjorie Frances Grimes (1895–1956), of ' Tarragindi ', south Brisbane,

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3276-405: Was changed to remove State Council's elected local representatives. Patterson resign from the BSA in 1939 over the BSA centralisation issue and took the 1st Mount Morgan Company with him. In 1942, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson , The Governor of Queensland, resigned as chief scout of Queensland Branch due to the failure of the BSA to respond to his call for reforms to its centralisation effort that led to

3339-588: Was changed to remove State Council's elected local representatives. Scout Groups resisted but the BSA used World War II to further the centralisation. In 1939, Saint Enoch's Church, Mount Morgan scouts became independent as the Blue Boy Scouts in response to BSA's control. During World War II, the Australian IBS disbanded. In June 1943, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson , the Governor of Queensland, resigned as The Boy Scouts Association Chief Scout of Queensland in opposition to

3402-404: Was composed of just 25 Scouts, Venturers, and Rovers, met face to face twice a year and online throughout the rest of the year. Despite this, youth participation rates and numbers continued to decline. The National Youth Council was disbanded in 2018. A further program review commenced in 2013. In 2019, at the 25th Australian Scout Jamboree a new program and logo and branding were launched, with

3465-571: Was damaged in the 2011 Brisbane floods. The Scouting Movement was formed by boys reading Scouting for Boys (1908), and then seeking leaders to assist them. Guiding was similar. In other states of Australia, today's Girl Guides had their origins as Girl Peace Scouts, Florence Nightingale Girl Aids, Baden-Powell Girl Guides, and in New South Wales' and Queensland's case, the League of Girl Aids. The Bayswater Girl Aids, at Paddington, were active by February 1910, with new patrols to be formed at Clayfield (north Brisbane) and Yeronga (south Brisbane). It

3528-407: Was first introduced into Australia well within a decade of the formation of the movement in Glasgow by William Smith . In 1890-91, a Company was formed at the St. Mark’s Church of England, Fitzroy , Melbourne . The next Company to be formed was at the Wesley Church, Perth in 1895 and this was very quickly followed by Companies in each of the other States on a fairly scattered basis. To provide

3591-403: Was formally constituted. A fitting tribute was paid at this time to the oldest Company in Australia, the 1st Brisbane Company, when its Captain, Mr. R.H. Tait, was elected the first President of the Australian Council. Mention should be made of Mike Hoare's history: Boys, Urchins, Men (1980). Groups within Boys' Brigade Ranks of the Boys Provision is made for a Boy aged 12 years to remain in

3654-424: Was incorporated by Letters Patent issued by the Queensland government under the Religious Education Charitable Institutions Act 1861–1967 . Only the members of the state council were members of this body corporate. The Scout Association of Australia Queensland Branch Inc. is now incorporated under Associations Incorporation Act 1981 . The Scout Association of Australia, Queensland Branch Act 1975 made provisions for

3717-407: Was instrumental in the formation of the 1st and 2nd Fremantle Companies at Fremantle Baptist Church and Wesley Church, Fremantle, respectively, and the 1st Northam Company at Northam Presbyterian Church, W.A. It was not until 1929 that a new 1st Melbourne Company was formed at Armadale Baptist Church, Melbourne, and a new 1st Sydney Company was formed at Glebe Presbyterian Church, Sydney. Of these, only

3780-452: Was instrumental in the formation of today's organisation. She became the honorary secretary on 15 November 1919 of the committee to establish the Girl Guide Movement in Brisbane. Grimes was the leader of the Tarragindi Girl Scouts (formed circa 1915), which became one of the first registered companies to the new state organisation in 1920. The first Guide administrative meeting place was the YWCA rooms in Adelaide Street, Brisbane in 1920, but

3843-415: Was launched in 1909. St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its Boy Scout unit on 23 November 1908, under Benjamin Gilmore Patterson. The unit was registered with the Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts as the lst Mount Morgan Company in 1910. There was one notable exception. In 1913, a new 1st Brisbane Company had been formed at the Ithaca Presbyterian Church , led by a Mr. George Orr,

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3906-429: Was the dominant faith in both Britain and Australia in Scouting's early days. More recently, participants have come from many faiths, although the majority of Scout groups promote an interfaith approach to religion. Many Scout groups have been formed within existing communities and specific religious traditions as "sponsored groups", such as Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Islamic and Jewish. There are two versions of

3969-406: Was the governor-general from 1989 to 1996, Bill Hayden declined to be the organisation's chief scout. In 2015, the actor Shane Jacobson was appointed as the Chief Scout of the Victorian branch. The organisations position of Chief Scout of its Australian Capital Territory branch was allowed to lapse and has been left vacant. In 1942, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson , the Governor of Queensland, resigned as

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