Peak Achievements
We are proud of all the achievements and accomplishments of our Guides, in their Guiding programs, in their school environment, and in their life beyond.
We acknowledge our Ballarat Guides who have worked hard and been awarded for the Peak Achievements of Queens Guide Award and BP Award.
The first Guide in Victoria to achieve the Queen's Guide Award was Helen Adair of the 10th Ballarat Guide Company (Scot's Church), presented by Lady Baden-Powell, our World Chief Guide during her 1947 visit.
We would like to compile a complete list of recipients. Feel free to contact us with details of Guides we have not yet included.
Queens Guide awardees
The Queen’s Guide Award is the peak achievement award for youth members of Girl Guides Australia. It provides an opportunity for personal development, self-awareness and attaining knowledge and and skills. The Award requires significant determination, initiative, self-motivation, resilience and commitment and is pursued only by a small number of Guides.
Guides are required to accomplish tasks in leadership, community service (volunteer work), outdoor skills, cultural awareness, working with peers, and to advance their own personal development in areas of their choice in the form of a ‘focus’ and an ‘interest’.
| Guide | Year | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Judith Goyen | 1962 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Marie McDonald | 1969 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Karen Spicer | 1970 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Lynda Spicer | 1975 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Meg Leviston → Meaghan Warren | 1991 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Gayle Spicer | 1977 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Alee Hartmann | 2008 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Bridget Flynn | 2005 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Fran Wellard | 2006 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Hannah Hill | 2005 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Jenna Moors | 2003 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Joanne Braybrook → Hall | 2000 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Karen Chatto | 1989 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Bianca Gerrard | 2014 | ? |
| Kaitlyn Brown | 2019/2020 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Christine Flavell → Croft | 1988 | Ballarat Central Ranger Guides |
| Lauren Chester | 2020 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Lydia Young | 2016 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Makealah Currie | 2016 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Margaret Littlehales | 1961 | ? |
| Melodee Herbert | 2010 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Michaela Mullaney | 2021/2022 | Ballarat District |
| Sandra Braybrook | 2021/2022 | Ballarat District |
| Naomi Gerrard | 2022 | Ballarat District |
| Rachel Hayes | 2000 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Sunshine Herbert | 2007 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
| Susan Hayes | 1999 | Ballarat ‘Choc Chic Ranger Guide’ Unit |
Baden-Powell awardees
| Guide | Year | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Jacinta McCarthy | 2017 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Makealah Currie | 2014 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Zayda Vandenberg | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Vanessa Park | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Belinda Evans | 1993 | 4th Ballarat Guides |
| Kaitlyn Brown | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Ashleigh Goossens | 2017 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Ellie Montgomery | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Jade Montgomery | 1st Sebastopol Guides | |
| Rebecca Donaldson | 1st Sebastopol Guides | |
| Michelle Donaldson | 1st Sebastopol Guides | |
| Rachael Sanders | 1st Sebastopol Guides | |
| Sally Rehfisch | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Elizabeth Whitten | 2017 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Jacinta Ainley | 1987 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Alison Coley | 1987 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Angela Smith | 2016 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Lauren Chester | 2016 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Maddy Young | 2016 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Kaitlyn Pollock | 2019 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Amy Chester | 2019 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Emily Shearer-Cox | 2021 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Gracie Sherman | 2019 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Louise Damen | 2011 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Maggie Browning | 2011 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Tiana Collins | 2021 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Nyajima Reath | 2021 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Alicia Pollock | 2019 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Gracie Sherman | 2019 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Yvette Haynes | 2016 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Erica Ferguson | 1995 | 1st Alfredton Guides |
| Sandra Braybrook | 1995 | 9th Ballarat Guides |
| Melissa Wright | 2004 | 1st Sebastopol Guides |
| Meg Leviston → Meaghan Warren | 4th Ballarat Guides | |
| Christine Flavell → Croft | 1st Alfredton Guides | |
| Susitha Rasaratnam | 2023 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Ipsita Sen | 2023 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Rachel Twyerould | 2023 | 11th Ballarat Guides |
| Aaliyah Strachan | 2023 | 11th Ballarat Guides |