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[[File:ukmaplocation.gif|thumb| Location UK]]
[[File:brownsea_aerial2.jpg|thumb| Brownsea Island]]
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== Introduction ==
Brownsea Island is dramatically located in Poole harbour, offering spectacular views across to Studland, Old Harry Rocks and the Purbeck Hills. It offers a peaceful, natural setting undisturbed by traffic – ideal for walks, picnics and for families to explore. Important natural habitats include pinewoods – home to rare red squirrels – heath, shoreline and lagoon, where overwintering and breeding birds collect. In the past the island has been the site of a Victorian pottery, a brick works, an Edwardian country estate, a daffodil farm and, in the Second World War, acted as a decoy to protect Poole. The Scout and Guide movements began here with '''[[Baden-Powell of Gilwell|Baden Powell's]]''' '''[[first experimental camp in 1907]]'''

== External Links ==

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-brownseaisland/

== Getting There ==
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-brownseaisland/w-brownseaisland-gettingthere.htm

[[File:brownsea_memorial.jpg|thumb|Browsea Island Memorial Stone]]

== The First Scout Camp ==

For more detail see: [[First experimental camp - Brownsea Island - 1907]]

In the 1860s, the Admiralty had been considering buying Brownsea to replace Dartmouth as a base for training naval cadets.

So it was appropriate that, at Charles van Raalte's invitation, [[Baden-Powell of Gilwell|Major-General Robert Baden-Powell]], the hero of [[Siege of Mafeking|Mafeking]], should have chosen the island for his first Scout camp.

He chose 22 boys to join him. Some were the public-school children of his acquaintances; others working-class lads from the Poole and Bournemouth [[Boys' Brigade|Boys' Brigades]].

Tents, tracking and mock whale-hunts
In August 1907, they set up their tents on the south coast of the island. The day began at dawn with the blast of an African [[Kudu Horn]].

After a glass of milk and a biscuit, followed by 30 minutes' physical training and prayers, the boys broke up into separate patrols: the Wolves, Bulls, Curlews and Ravens. They practiced tracking, building shelters and putting up tents, and performed mock whale-hunts in boats.

In the evening there were brief talks on scouting techniques, and then, round the campfire, Baden-Powell told yarns of life on the African veld.

The Scout movement grows
The success of this first camp encouraged Baden-Powell to publish his '[[Scouting for Boys]]' the following year, and from this modest beginning the international Scouting movement grew rapidly.

== Curiosities ==

Some of the history includes:

- An eccentric owner who barred public access for 34 years so she could live as a recluse

- A fire in 1930 that ravaged 90% of the island

- Baden Powell’s [[first scout camp]] in 1907

- A decoy for the mainland in World War 2 - when baths were set ablaze with petrol to make it appear that enemy bombers had struck Poole

- An era when the island had its own pottery, village and school

- A castle built at the request of Henry VIII

Brownsea Island - Revision history

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