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Badge - School Safety Club

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A.W. Patrick & N. Fitzroy

c. 1960

Overview

round metal pin badge - logo of white outer circle, and then a green circle with white text. Red triangle with white text, then in centre is a black swan

Historical information

School Safety First Clubs were first established in WA in the 1930s.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-124-2026.nil1

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

25 mm

Inscriptions and markings

"School Safety Club. National Safety Council of WA"

Contextual information

School Safety Club items from Western Australia, particularly from the 1960s, included small metal pins featuring logos from the National Safety Council.
These clubs operated in schools, often with students serving as safety patrols and officers (such as lieutenants and sergeants) to manage school-area safety.

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Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

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Last modified

Tuesday, 27 January, 2026

Completeness

100

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