Peace Boomerang

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Peace Boomerang

• National Rover Council
• Gifts for Peace Project

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In the beginning

• NRC wanted to celebrate the Centenary of Scouting
  by combining a project with WOSMs Gifts for Peace
  progam
• A boomerang was sourced in March and released
  into NSW on Harmony Day
• The Boomerang has since travelled through 4
  States and 1 Territory

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How does it work?

• The Boomerang has a schedule for traveling around
  the country
• Once it is received by a Crew, they add their
  thoughts on peace to the logbook that accompanies
  the Boomerang
• They can also log onto the website and share
  their stories with everyone else

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Website
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Media Coverage

• The Peace Boomerang has made it into
• 5 newspaper articles (including The Australian)
• 1 radio interview and
• 1 TV weather broadcast (in the evening)

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Highlights

• Meeting the Governor General

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Highlights

• Peace Boomerang Handover Camp

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Highlights

• Being on television

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Highlights

• Meeting the Western Bulldogs

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Other adventures
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People the Boomerang met

• The Governor General
• Sir William Deane
• Minister for Children, Youth and Family Support
• The Western Bulldogs
• Mike Larkan (Ch 10 Vic, Weatherman)
• Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Chief Minister of ACT
• Governors of South Australia and Tasmania
• 152 Rover Crews across Australia

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Logbook
We are taught in Cubs to respect and care for
people irrespective of nationality, religion and
colour.
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What next?

• In December the Boomerang will head to WA then
  onto Qld in January
• It will return to NSW in April for another month
  before the end of the project
• Plans are being made for the culmination of this
  project