Our Emblems

 Along with many countries around the world, Australian Scouts wear the World Badge.

The Arrowhead, in the shape of a Fleur-de-lis, represents the North Point on a map and shows us the true way to go. The three parts of the Arrowhead represent Duty to God, Service to others and obedience to the Scout Laws. The two 5-pointed stars stand for truth and Knowledge. The ten points of these stars represent the ten points of the Scout Law The encircling rope symbolizes the unity and brotherhood of the Scout Movement The rope is tied with a Reef knot, the first knot a Scout Learns. The reef knot, which one cannot undo no matter how hard one pulls it is a symbol of the strength of World Scouting's unity. The World Emblem is white (representing Purity) on a royal purple background (representing Leadership) 

A badge depicting the Australian Flag is worn to signify that we are members of "Scouts Australia". The flag has three elements on a blue background: the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross. The Union Jack in the upper left corner represents the history of British settlement. Below the Union Jack is a white Commonwealth, or Federation, star. It has seven points representing the unity of the six states and the territories of the Commonwealth of Australia. The star is also featured on the Commonwealth Coat of Arms. The Southern Cross is shown on the flag in white. It is a constellation of five stars that can only be seen from the southern hemisphere and is a reminder of Australia’s geography.

Monash District was formed in 2004 by the amalgamation of Mount Waverley and Glen Waverley Scout Districts and currently contains around ten groups.

The shape of the badge represents the two hills in the district - Mount Waverley and Wheelers Hill The background of the badge is Maroon, the scarf colour of Mulgrave District (The original Scout District in the area) and each of the Scouting section colours can be found on the badge - Tan, Yellow, Green, Maroon, Red and White. The top left corner of the badge contains the Scouts Australia logo. Below this is the Correa Reflexa, a flower found in the local area, from the former West Waverley District badge. On the top right is the compass rose from the former Glen Waverley District badge and below it is the Southern Cross constellation from the former Waverley District badge. 

With Waverley being an aging area group amalgamations are common. The Group Council decided that we would start the new group afresh with a new name and break with the tradition of combining former group names (especially as 8th/10th Waverley sounded awkward) As both groups were part of Mount Waverley district it was decided to name the group 1st Mount Waverley. When the current blue uniform was introduced in July 2004, all new group name tapes were changed to gold text on a blue background however it was not until June 2009 that we issued the first blue name tape. 

The scarf itself is maroon which is common to most Scout groups in the district and was the background colour of Mulgrave district, the original District in the area. The colour tapes on the scarf are gold and emerald green. The gold is from the original 10th Waverley scarf which was maroon with a yellow band and the emerald is from the 8th Waverley scarf which was maroon with an emerald band and gold braid. The joining of these two groups in October 1996 was the beginning of 1st Mount Waverley Scout Group.