Australian Rover Moot

Australian Rover Moots are the major national event run by Australian Rovers who are part of Scouts Australia.

History

A moot is a gathering of Rover Scouts (generally called Rovers). It was named by Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting Movement in a letter to Percy Bantock Nevill who was charged with co-ordinating a gathering of Rovers at Royal Albert Hall, London in 1926. The word "Moot" is in fact an Old English word meaning assembly or gathering. The first World Rover Moot was held in 1931 at Kandersteg, Switzerland.

Australian National Rover Moots were subsequently established in 1951, They have since been held every three years, typically lasting from 9 to 11 days each, and are run by each state - on a rotating basis.

List

Date Title Location Notes
December, 1951 - January, 1952 Jubilee Moot

(1st Australian Rover Moot)

Oatley Park, Sydney (NSW)
December, 1957 - January, 1958 2nd Australian Rover Moot Warburton (VIC)
December, 1959 - January, 1960 3rd Australian Rover Moot Barney Gorge (QLD)
December, 1969 - January, 1970 4th Australian Rover Moot Springbrook/Lamington (QLD)
December, 1971 - January, 1972 5th Australian Rover Moot Perth (WA)
December, 1974 - January, 1975 6th Australian Rover Moot Sydney (NSW)
December, 1977 - January, 1978 It's a Moot Point

(7th Australian Rover Moot)

Yabamac (VIC) 1st Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1980 - January, 1981 8th Australian Rover Moot Baden Powell Park, Samford (QLD) 2nd Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1983 - January, 1984 9th Australian Rover Moot Gowrie Park (TAS) 4th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1986 - January, 1987 Bound for South Australia

(10th Australian Rover Moot)

Woodhouse (SA) World Invitational
December 1989 - January 1990 Get caught in the ACT

(11th Australian Rover Moot)

Camp Cotter, Canberra (ACT) 6th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1992 - January, 1993 Go West and Discover

(12th Australian Rover Moot)

Woodman Point, Perth (WA) 7th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1995 - January, 1996 the aNSWer

(13th Australian Rover Moot)

Cataract Scout Park, Sydney (NSW) 8th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 1998 - January, 1999 YeaMoot

(14th Australian Rover Moot)

Mafeking Rover Park, Yea (VIC) 10th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 2001 - January, 2002 15th Australian Rover Moot Landsborough (QLD) 12th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot
December, 2004 - January, 2005 Tassiemoot

(16th Australian Rover Moot)

Lake Barrington (TAS)
December, 2007 - January, 2008 Aussiemoot

(17th Australian Rover Moot)

Cataract Park (NSW)
December, 2010 - January, 2011 Ozmoot

(18th Australian Rover Moot)

Woodhouse (SA)
December, 2013 - January, 2014 WAM

(19th Australian Rover Moot)

Western Australia
December, 2016 - January, 2017 The Moot

(20th Australian Rover Moot)

Mafeking Rover Park, Yea (VIC)
December, 2019 - January, 2020 CBR Moot

(21st Australian Rover Moot)

Canberra (ACT) CBR is the abbreviation of Canberra and also stands for 'Creating Better Rovers'.

13th Asia-Pacific Rover Moot

December, 2022 - January, 2023 AIM

(22nd Australian Rover Moot)

Forth (TAS) AIM stands for Apple Isle Moot, as Tasmania is known as the "Apple Isle".

See also