It also houses the Branch Headquarters and the Tasmanian Scout Heritage Centre opened in 1997.

Captain D. Colbron Pearse was Assistant Commandant at the Humshaugh Camp run by the publishers of The Scout magazine, C. Arthur Pearson Limited, in England in 1908.

Pearse moved to Tasmania in 1922 and was involved in Scouting for the rest of his life.

[citation needed] In 1922, he was Publicity Manager for The Boy Scouts Association, Tasmanian Branch.

[citation needed] Girl Guides Tasmania is divided into 4 Regions [6] Guides Tasmania has two camp sites, Nindethana by the Tamar River near Launceston and Orana 20 km from Hobart.