Scout Uniform
The Scout uniform is symbolic to the World Scout Movement. Across the globe, you will find Scouts wearing a distinctive shirt with cloth badges, and a neck scarf held together with a friendship knot or a woggle. In Australia, Scouts might also be wearing a colour band around their scarf that signifies their home patrol, and a band with a single or double stripe indicating their role as an Assistant Patrol Leader or Patrol Leader.
Australian Scouts, including adults, wear a blue shirt and scarf. Members can wear shorts, skirt, or long pants of their choice, as long as they're neat and practical. The same is required for shoes. There is a Scout belt that is required if your lower half needs a belt. Members who join a national or international contingent to attend a large event may need to wear a specific style or colour for the lower half of their body.
For youth members, the shirts have coloured shoulders representing their age section: Joey Scouts (brown), Cub Scouts (yellow), Scouts (green), Venturer Scouts (morone), Rover Scouts (red).
In Victoria, the Scout uniform can be purchased online from the Scout Shop. You only need to buy the shirt. The Scout Group will provide a scarf, woggle, and badges.
A range of other official Scouting memorabilia is available there too, as well as practical items such as hats and jumpers.
When Scouts earn a badge in the Achievement Pathways, they will sew the badge on to their uniform shirt. There is a diagram available to show you where to sew badges.
Adults in Scouting have a specific Uniform Standards document that will assist members to know how to correctly wear their uniform items, including Adult Recognition Awards and Wood Badge items.