In 1958 1st Emerald Scout Group moved from St. Marks to its present location in Kilvington Drive at Hogan Park. In the early 1970's the hall was extended to include a conference and storage rooms, plus a kitchen and toilets.

In 1998 as part of the groups 75-year anniversary the hall had a major upgrade with the help of the local Rotary club and parents. The hall was painted inside and outside. This with previous years improvements, new floor, lighting, gas heating, new toilets, kitchen makeover, made the hall good as new.

The hall was named the Gus Ryberg, in honour of Gus Ryberg for his commitment to the local community. Gus was part of 1st Emerald.s first intake of Scouts in 1923. The hall dedication was made by the Groups first Queen Scout (1954) and Local Councillor Cr. Graeme Legge, also present was Cley Worrell, another member of the original enrolment of 1923.

The Group celebrated its 80th anniversary with a ceremony and social event on Saturday 26th July 2003. The event was attended by over 100 people with past and present association with the group, and the newly installed flag pole outside the hall was used for the first time for parade. A local stonemason Tim Bamford, who's wife was the scout leader at the time and who's five boys were all involved in the scout group, has constructed a stone cairn around that base of the flag pole which should stand for many years to come.

A new generation of leaders from the local community, many of whom are involved in several aspects of our local community now operate the group.

Recently the group have received grants that will enable another reinvigoration of the hall to commence with a new kitchen, roof repairs, water tanks and other upgrades.

Note: This page is as accurate as we know it. If you have more information about 1st Emerald Scouts please feel free to contact the group by email as our group history buffs would be very happy to chat with you.