COMMEMORATION OF NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST BOY SCOUT CAMP.-Forty-five years ago, New Zealand’s first official Boy Scout troop camp was held at Woodend. This photograph, taken yesterday on the Woodend camp site, shows the partly-built commemorative cairn, a plaque on which was unveiled. The scouts in the picture are holding inscribed stones given by their scout counties for incorporation in the cairn. From left, the scouts represent Southland, Auckland, Otago, Wellington, and Manawatu.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27246, 13 January 1954, Page 5
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72COMMEMORATION OF NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST BOY SCOUT CAMP.-Forty-five years ago, New Zealand’s first official Boy Scout troop camp was held at Woodend. This photograph, taken yesterday on the Woodend camp site, shows the partly-built commemorative cairn, a plaque on which was unveiled. The scouts in the picture are holding inscribed stones given by their scout counties for incorporation in the cairn. From left, the scouts represent Southland, Auckland, Otago, Wellington, and Manawatu. Press, Volume XC, Issue 27246, 13 January 1954, Page 5
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