The company, the first in New Zealand, is celebrating its anniversary this week, with a special service tomorrow at the Caversham Baptist Church.
The international and interdenominational Christian youth organisation was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland, and its more recent organisation formed as the result of the amalgamation in 1964 of the Girls Brigade, the Girls Guildry and the Girls Life Brigade.
Captain Jennifer Box, the international vice-president for the brigade's Pacific region, said the brigade in Otago had 130 members in five companies, down from 36 brigades at the organisation's peak.
"It's not as many as we used to have, or would like to have," Capt Box said.
"Having said that, we've got five good working companies."
Capt Box said some companies did still drill, but many did not.
Those that did usually used music to make it more enjoyable.
The brigade's programme encompassed physical, spiritual, educational and social activities from cooking and sport to community service.
May Austin (79) said she joined what was then the Girls Life Brigade in the 1930s, and moved to the First Dunedin Company in 1948, and had fond memories of the "white gloves and lovely badges".
Girls no longer achieved individual badges, but got a badge every year they attended, a change that was not popular with the two women.
But Capt Box said the brigade still offered plenty of opportunity, fellowship, and "skills for life".
The celebration involved a tea on Thursday, and tomorrow's service, which 55 leaders and former leaders would attend.
Capt Box was voted vice-president of the Pacific region in April, a job that involves training and organising training in the 10 countries within the region.
