It had its origins in 1926 as a branch of The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom.

[1] In 1926, The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom established a section in what is now Papua New Guinea.

This section operated under The Boy Scouts Association's Australian Federal Council.

The Association's program requires all members to have a good understanding of their own local customs and traditions, as well as those of the other regions.

The Scout emblem incorporates traditional arrows and a kundu drum.