The Story of the City of Knox Badge

The original Knox District badge was designed in 1963 by Eric Newbigin & David Mcinnes and was classed as a simple and effective badge showing one of the most significant things of outdoor Scouting - The Campfire.

"The log of the fire stands for humility,

The warmth of the fire stands for friendship

The light of the fire stands for learning,

The burning of the fire stands for purity

The three logs indicate the three parts of the Scout Promise,

The flames of the fire symbolise the spirit of Scouting leaping upwards.

Hence when Knox West broke away from Knox in 1969 the flames was retained by both Districts

Knox West adapted a totem design from the Districts distinctive badge, which also carried the red flame to indicate the link with Knox District.

The eternal spirit of youth was represented by the blazing torch. Yellow crossed

hands are a sign of peace, with fingers pointing East and West.

The horizon indicated watchfulness, while the arrowhead signified the Brotherhood of Scouts

At the merger of Knox and Knox West Districts in 1996 giving us the City of Knox District, a competition was run for a new badge. A committee formed by Greg Suhr to oversee the entries, chose the theme by Bob Hill.

The diagonal half black, half dark green backgrounds are:

Knox West-Dark Green 

Knox-Black

The log fire symbolises as above.

The falcon is the bringing together of all Groups in the City of Knox District including the new boundaries of Upper Ferntree Gully.

The Gold border also signifies the coverage of the entire City of Knox.

With the Fleur de lis depicting the Scout emblem of World Wide Scouting Movement to complete the badge.

The Two Districts merged in Angust 1995