1ST CITY OF BRUNSWICK SCOUT HALL (FORMER)

How is it significant?
The former Scout Hall at 273 Victoria Street, Brunswick, is of local historical and social significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
The former Scout Hall at 273 Victoria Street, Brunswick, built in 1926, is historically significant for its associations with the Boy Scout movement, as the oldest purpose-built scout hall in the City of Moreland and one of the oldest in Victoria. The hall was built for the 1st City of Brunswick Scout Troop as their first permanent hall and it remained in use by the scouts until the 1960s. The scouting movement played an important role in the lives of young boys in the twentieth century, and this hall demonstrates the formative period after World War I when the scouting movement had become established and troops began to create permanent places to meet. While the building has been altered the connection to the scouts is still demonstrated by the original foundation stone. (Criterion A)
The building at 273 Victoria Street, Brunswick, is socially and historically significant as evidence of postwar migration in Brunswick, for its use since 1979 as the home of the Toscana Social Club. Social clubs played an important role in the formation of migrant communities in Victoria and the Toscana Club was one of several established in Brunswick that illustrate the strong regional ties of various migrant groups. Social clubs provided a welcome respite from the drudgery of work and gave people an opportunity to meet, talk, dance, gossip and reminisce. (Criteria A & G)

Group

Community Facilities

Category

Hall Girl Guide/ Scout