Magyar cserkészek Ausztráliában

HUNGARIAN SCOUTS IN AUSTRALIA Scouting was established before the First World War, and the youth movement in Hungary began in the 1910s. Between the two World Wars, Hungarian scouts engaged in large-scale cultural diplomacy through a network of organizations promoting international friendship. Numerous joint camps and other forms of interaction were organized between Hungarian scouts and scouts of other nations. As the largest organization of the Hungarian diaspora, the Hungarian Scout Association in Exile (HSAE) continued to promote the nation’s reputation abroad. Hungarian scouting in Australia was established after the Second World War, in the late 1940s, and flourished for decades. Within the Hungarian emigrant communities in Australia, numerous scout groups were formed, especially in the country’s largest cities, such as Sydney and Melbourne. Over the years, the scouts organized a significant number of events with scouts of other nationalities, through which they communicated Hungarian values and culture to the broader Australian society