2008 $5 Proof Centenary of Scouts Australia Series
Few organisations have had such far reaching influence as the Scouting Movement in Australia and worldwide. This 2008 series celebrates the 100 countries to embrace the Scouting Movement initiated in England by Lord Baden-Powell just one year earlier. Scouting has been enjoyed in Australia since 1908, and since that time, scouting has played a part in the development of two million Australians. Today young men and women, boys and girls, enjoy its benefits. Scouting is now the largest youth movement in the world, with more than 28 million members in 155 countries.