 In 1912, the Gippsland Boy Scout Association was formed and affiliated with the A.I.B.S.The Church Scout Patrols ceased activities by 1912 while the League of Boy Scouts had stopped operating around 1914.Some of the Girl Peace Scouts joined the Voluntary Aid Detachments during World War I.

Baden-Powell visited Australia in 1912 and in later years (1927, 1931 and 1934) to encourage the extension of his Boy Scouts Association.