The 1st Darwin Scout Group in Darwin was registered in 1928 under the command of Captain Len Samut. At that time it was registered with The Boy Scouts Association New South Wales Branch, but its registration passed to the association's Queensland Branch in 1929. The first group registered in Alice Springs was in 1936, but there are suggestions that Scouting had been operating there since 1923. The first Group to be formed in Tennant Creek was in 1941, and the first group to be formed in Katherine was in 1957, giving Scouting a presence in the main Territory towns. Registration passed from The Boy Scouts Association's Queensland Branch to its South Australian Branch in 1955. At that time, Scouting had not fully recovered from the Second World War and only two troops, 2nd Darwin and 1st Alice Springs, were recorded as operating.