Adventures in the Wilderness

Opening of the Brownie Hut, nestled in ‘the wilderness’, 1960.   Toorak College Archives.

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Jean Robinson Oval was once an area of natural bushland called ‘The Wilderness’. Generations of Toorak College Girl Guides and Brownies had adventures here.

Todays ‘Guide Hut’ began life in 1960 as a Brownie Hut, funded by the Wardle House Parents’ and Friends’ Association.