District Badge

All Scouts in Banyule District wear the District badge pictured above.

The badge portrays the Banyule area with hills, trees and the rivers running all the way through the area.

• The badge is diamond shaped, the same dimensions as the old Diamond Valley badge (Banyule District was the combination of the old City of Heidelberg & parts of the Shire of Diamond Valley)
  
• The hills actually represent Banyule.  Banyule is an old Aboriginal word meaning "The Hill"
  
• The River represents the Yarra River
  
• The trees represent the large number of trees in the area and in particular the two large wattle branches, represent the large number of wattle trees in the area
  
• The badge uses the brush stroke "B" (as found in the Banyule Council logo) in the shape of the "Welcome Swallow", a bird found in the area. The use of the brush stroke suggests festivity and liveliness and acknowledges the artistic heritage of Banyule. The tail drafted more formally suggests the dynamic energy and forward direction of the new municipality
  

In between the words "Banyule District" is the Scout Symbol - the Fleur-de-Lis - a lily, the emblem of peace and purity.

• Baden-Powell chose Scouting's emblem - the sign for the North Point, universally shown on maps, charts and compass cards, because "it points in the right direction (and upwards), turning neither to the right nor left, since these lead backward again..." Lady Baden-Powell added later, "It shows the true way to go."
  
• The three tips of the Fleur-de-Lis represent the three main parts of the Scout promise: duty to their spiritual beliefs, duty to oneself through the Scout law, and duty to others
  
• The two five-point stars stand for truth and knowledge, and the 10 points on the stars remind us of the 10 points of the Scout law
  
• The ring holding the emblem together represents the bond of brother- and sister-hood