Girl Guide Law

All Guides abide by a set of laws that provide a framework and philosophy for living.  The Guide Law encompasses the values of our Organisation within a modern world.

The wording reflects the choices our members made to cover respect, honesty, friendliness, world and environment, responsibility, empowerment and character.

The Guide Law

As a Guide I will strive to:

• Respect myself and others
• Be considerate, honest and trustworthy
• Be friendly to others
• Make choices for a better world
• Use my time and abilities wisely
• Be thoughtful and optimistic
• Live with courage and strength

Blast from the Past

Prior to July 5th 2012, the Guide Law was:

1. 1. A Guide is loyal and can be trusted.
   2. A Guide is helpful.
   3. A Guide is polite and considerate.
   4. A Guide is friendly and a sister to all Guides.
   5. A Guide is kind to animals and respects all living things.
   6. A Guide is obedient.
   7. A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
   8. A Guide makes good use of her time.
   9. A Guide takes care of her own possessions and those of other people.
   10. A Guide is self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does.

And back to 1922

1922 Guide Law at the time Guiding was introduced to Ballarat:

1. A Guide's honour is to be trusted.
2. A Guide is loyal.
3. A Guide's duty is to be useful and to help others.
4. A Guide is a friend to all and a sister to every other Guide no matter to what social class the other belongs.
5. A Guide is courteous.
6. A Guide is a friend to animals.
7. A Guide obeys orders.
8. A Guide smiles and sings under all difficulties.
9. A Guide is thrifty.
10. A Guide keeps herself pure in thoughts, words and deeds.