House Hold Names of Men who were not Primarily Politicians
(see sections below this one for endnotes)
Ø"Smokey Dawson" Herbert Henry MBE AM (1913 –2008), country music entertainer and community leader
ØSir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928.
Ø"Chips Rafferty" John William Pilbeam Goffage (1909-1971) Film actor
ØGraham Kennedy (1934-2005), entertainer and the "King of Television". Lodge of St Kilda, 1955
ØCharles "Bud" Tingwell (1923-2009) actor and spitfire pilot.
ØSir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), world famous Australian cricketer.
ØSir Hubert Opperman (1904-1996) world's fastest bicyclist in 1930s
ØSir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).."Father Of Australia", botanist
ØJohn McDouall Stuart... Stuart claimed he recognised a Masonic greeting when he encountered a party of traditional owners in northern Australia.
ØLachlan Macquarie (1762-1824), Governor of New South Wales (1810 to 1821)
Famous Freemasons; Australian Prime Ministers
ØSir Edmund Barton (1849-1920), 1st Australian Prime Minister (1901-1903). Initiated into Australian Lodge of Harmony No 555 English Constitution on 13 March 1878.
ØSir George Reid (1845-1918), 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW on 16 Nov 1896
ØSir Joseph Cook (1860-1947) 6th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Lodge Independent No 8 UGLNSW 12 Feb 1892.
ØViscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883- 1967) 8th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Old Melbournians Lodge No 317 UGLV on 12 June 1925.
ØSir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961) 11th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Lodge Prince Leopold No 87 UGLNSW on 4 Dec 1917
ØSir Robert Menzies (1894-1978), 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Initiated into Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, UGLV on 10 March 1910.
ØSir Arthur William Fadden (1894-1972) 13th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Caledonia Lodge No 737 Scottish Constitution in Queensland on 20 July 1915
ØSir John McEwen (1900-1980) 18th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Lauderdale Lodge No 361 UGLV on 28 July 1926
ØSir John Grey Gorton (1911-2002) 19th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Kerrange Lodge No 100 UGLV on 5 Feb 1948.
ØSir William McMahon (1908-1988) 20th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Lodge University of Sydney No 544 UGLNSW on 22 March 1974.
Famous Freemasons; Australian State Premiers
ØSir Alexander James Peacock KCMG (1861-1933), Premier and member of fourteen ministries. Grand Master (1900-05) of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria
ØSir George Turner KCMGand a privy counselor (1851-1916), Victoria's first Australian-born premier and Commonwealth Treasurer
ØSir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria, Scotch Collegians Lodge
ØHon. Robert Stanley “Bob” Richards (1885-1967), 32nd Premier of South Australia.
ØSir Newton James Moore KCMG(1870-1936), WA Premier, soldier and businessman
ØSir John William Evans (1855-1943), seaman, businessman and politician, Tasmanian Premier
ØSir Samuel Walker Griffith KCMG(1845-1920), Chief Justice and Premier of Queensland (twice), Grand Master
ØGeorge David Langridge (1829-1891) Victorian politician and public figure. Victorian Premier. “His public meetings at Collingwood were gala occasions: he never lost the common touch, and artisans and labourers mourned his death in impressive numbers.”
ØThomas Price (1852-1909), premier & reformist
ØSir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG (1908-1990), was the 38th and longest serving Premier of Victoria. Initiated into Lodge Meredith No 163 UGLV on the 9th of October 1946 where he remained a member until 1976.
ØArchibald Henry Peake (1859-1920), Premier of South Australia
ØSir Robert Philp KCMG(1851-1922), businessman and Premier of Queensland,
ØSir Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia
ØJohn Greeley Jenkins (1851-1923), 22ndPremier of South Australia
ØSir John Alexander Cockburn KCMG (1850-1929), 18th Premier of South Australia , Federationist and medical practitioner. Initiation in 1876, he would go on to help establish the Grand Lodge of South Australia, and to serve in several high offices within it
ØWilliam Forgan-Smith Premier of Queensland, was initiated into Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGQLD.
ØWilliam Alexander Watt (1871-1946) politician Premier of Victoria, Acting Prime Minister post WW1. initiated North Melbourne Lodge 2 Dec 1901
Famous Freemasons; Australian Governors
ØLachlan Macquarie (1762-1824), Governor of NSW “Served as the last autocratic Governor of New South Wales (1810 to 1821)and played a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony” Initiated January 1793 at Bombay, India in Lodge No1
ØSir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (1855–1948), Governor-General, Attorney-General, High Court Judge and politician. Elected to the first Federal Parliament of Australia. Initiated Antrim No 349 Irish Const, member of Australia Felix, First Grand Register(1889-1890) of UGLV
ØSir Ernest Clark (1864-1951), Governor of Tasmania, installed Grand Master of Tasmania in 1935.
ØLord Huntingfield, William Charles Arcedeckne KCMG (1883-1969), Governor of Victoria (1931-1939). 14th Grand Master UGLV 1935-1939, Grand Master when Freemasons Hospital East Melbourne Opened. Initiated United Lodge # 1629 EC
ØSir Robert William Duff (1835-1895), Governor of NSW, Grand Master of NSW
ØAir Vice-Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George KBE(1896-1967), air force officer and Governor of South Australia
ØMajor-General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks KCB CMG DSO KStJ KCVO KCMG(1896-1966), Governor of Victoria, 19th Grand Master UGLV 1951-1963. Victoria's longest-serving Governor and Masonic Grand Master “was possibly the most popular Governor in Victoria's history” initiated in the Clarke Lodge # 98 on 6 February 1950 Dallas Brooks Hall 300 Albert St East Melb is named after him
ØSir John Northcott KCMG, CB, MVO, K.St. J (1890-1966). NSW State Governor & Grand Master
ØLord Somers, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks KCMG, DSO, MC (1887-1944), Governor of Victoria, 12th Grand Master Victoria 1927-1932 Chief Scout of Victoria and succeeded Baden-Powell as Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth. Initiated Household Brigade Lodge
ØGeorge Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke CB CVO CBE KCMG ADC(1862-1947) KCMGCBCVOCBEVDTD (1862-1947), Soldier & Governor of Victoria(1920-?) Initiated Lodge of Prudence # 388 10th Grand Master UGLV 1922-1929
ØSir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890-1969), landowner and Governor of South Australia Grand Master SA 1941-1943
ØSir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG (1858 –1935)Lt Governor of Tasmania
ØLord Stonehaven, Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor General 1925-1930, Grand Master UGLNSW
ØMajor General Jefferies AC, CVO, MC.( 1937- ), Governor General of Western Australia (1993 –2002) and then Australia (2003–2008). Initiated in St George’s Lodge No 6 on 23 November 1994,
ØSir Samuel J Way (1836-1916), South Australian Lt Governor, Grand Master South Australia 1884-
ØSir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, South Australian Governor Grand Master South Australia 1941-943
ØSir Robert George South Australian Governor Grand Master South Australia 1956-1958
ØSir William Ellison-Macartney KCMG (1852-1924) Governor of Tasmania (1913-1917), Governor of Western Australia (1917-1920). Initiated Apollo University Lodge # 357 EC on 6 June 1872
ØSir Eric Neal South Australian Governor
ØFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (1868 - 1933) British statesman served as Governor of Queensland (1905–1909), Governor of New South Wales (1909 -1913). Viceroy of India. Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of NSW 1910-1913. Initiated on 1 June 1898 in Lodge of Amity # 137 EC
ØSir Gerard Smith KCMG (1839-1920), Governor of Western Australia (1895-1900) Initiated into Freemasonry on 4 May 1880 in the United Studholme Alliance Lodge # 1591 EC
ØLord Kintore, Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer (1852- 1930) Governor of South Australia and Grand Master South Australia 1889-1895
ØLord Carrington (1843-?), Governor of NSW and Grand Master NSW in 1888 to ? Initiated 28 October 1861 in Sir Isaac Newton Lodge # 859 EC
ØSir Mellia Napier, Judge, Lt Governor , Grand Master of South Australia 1928-1930
ØSir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843-1910), Admiral and Governor of NSW (1902-1909) “He promoted 'the ultimate formation of a separate navy' for Australia” Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of New South Wales (1905-09). Initiated in Royal Sussex Lodge # 501 EC in November
ØLord Brassey. Thomas Brassey KCB (1836-), first Governor of Victoria to be elected Grand Master (1896-1900) help found Volunteer Naval Reserves. Initiated Oxford University Lodge 1850. In Melbourne he joined the Clarke Lodge # 98
ØSir John Goodwin KCB, CMG., DSO, Queensland Governor and Queensland Grand Master.
ØLord Gowrie , Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven VC DSO with bar (1872-1955) Victoria Cross Winner, and Australia's longest serving Governor-General. Grand Master of NSWInitiated into Freemasonry at Lodge St Andrews Military Lodge No 668 on 15 March 1893.
ØSir Leslie Wilson DSO GCIEGCSI. (1876-1955), Governor (1932-1946) and Grand Master of Queensland (1934-1946). Governor of Bombay (1923-28). initiated in Lodge Ionic # 65 NSWC on 17 January 1904
ØSir Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey GCB, GCMG, PC, DL, JP (1845-1915), Governor of NSW, Grand Master UGLNSW (installed 1891) initiated into Apollo University Lodge # 357 EC, on 25 October 1865 affiliated with Lodge Ionic # 65 NSWC
ØLord Carmichael, Thomas Gibson Carmichael, GCSI KCMG (1859-1926) Governor Victoria (1908-?) Governor of Madras, India, Governor of Bengal. Grand Master UGLV 1909-1912. Initiated 1895 in Lodge Dramatic and Arts # 757 SC
Famous Freemasons; Australian Entertainers
ØHerbert Henry "Smokey Dawson" MBE AM (1913 –2008), country music entertainer and community leader
ØGraham Kennedy (1934-2005), entertainer and "King of Television". Lodge of St Kilda, 1955
Ø"Chips Rafferty" John William Pilbeam Goffage (1909-1971) Film actor. Initiated at Lodge Literature No 500 UGLNSW in 1957
ØCharles "Bud" Tingwell (1923-2009) actor and spitfire pilot. Initiated Lodge Carinya No 785 on 27 Jan 1950
ØKen G Hall (1901-1994). Australian film producer and was the first Australian to win an Oscar. Initiated into Freemasonry at Lodge Anima No 421 on 12 Dec 1922.
ØHenry William Mobsby (1860-1933), artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. Member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland
ØGeorge Seth Coppin (1819-1906), politician, comic actor and entrepreneur. An energetic Freemason he became the first Grand Master of Victoria (Grand Lodge Victoria later dissolved when United Grand Lodge Victoria was formed, Copping Presided over the first (and last (1889) meeting of the GL). Coppin has been credited with both fathering the Australian theatre Initiated St Johns Lodge No 346 IC
Ø" Roy Rene Mo" (born Harry Van Der Sluys) (1892-1954) better known as 'Mo' the clown.Thespian No.256, NSW Australia
ØNathan Phillips better known as “Stiffy” the clown
Famous Freemasons; Australian Sportsmen
ØSir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), world famous Australian cricketer. Initiated Lodge Tarbolton No 12 UGLNSW 26 Nov 1929.
ØBert Oldfield (1894-1976) Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1927. Initiated Lodge Arcadia No 177 UGLNSW on 11 June 1920
ØSir Hubert Opperman, (1904-1996) world's fastest bicyclist in 1930s; Government Minister; High Commissioner to Malta. Initiated into Stonnington Lodge No 368 UGLV on 23 Dec 1925.
ØJohn Treloar (1928- ) one of the fastest sprinters in the world. Initiated at Lodge Frank McDowell No 362 on 4 March 1948
ØVic Patrick (1920-2006) "the best Australian boxer never to have won a world title". Initiated at Lodge Fellowship No 623 on 28 Jan 1942
ØEdward (Eddie) Charlton AM (1929-2004) professional snooker and billiards champion. Initiated into Lodge Swansea No 755 UGL of NSW&ACT 14 July 1961.
ØWalter Albert Lindrum MBE (1898 - 1960) professional billiards player. Initiated Crimea Lodge No 432 8 Oct 1934
ØHenry Messenger (1883-1959), Rugby player. Initiated at Lodge Thespian No 265 in 1915
ØWilliam John Truscott (1886-1966), footballer
ØDeverick John (Mick) Cronin (1911-1979), Australian Rules footballer and commentator
ØWilliam Hender Hellings, swimmer one of the founders of the NSW Swimming Association
ØJohn Hill (1925?), member Victorian Boxing Hall of Fame, 50 Year Jewel holder.
ØEdgar Laurence ( Dunc) Grey..Olympic Cyclist
Military Men – Victoria Cross Winners
ØLt William Dunstan VC, Victoria Cross Winner
ØJohn Hutton Bisbee VC (1869-1930), first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross (in Boer War, South Africa). Initiated Lodge Bulwer No 1068 England on 6 Jan 1917
ØLt Neville R Howse VC (1863-1930), Australia's first Victoria Cross Winner and only medical member of the Australian Forces to be awarded the VC. Initiated Lodge Ophir on 29 Aug 1901
ØCaptain Albert Jacka, VC, MC & bar (1893-1932) Australia’s First WW1 VC
ØJohn Hurst Edmondson (1914-1941) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Lodge Liverpool No 197 on 3 April 1935. First Australian VC of WW2
ØArthur Blackburn VC (1892-1960) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Peter's Collegiate Lodge No 58 South Australia on 9 Dec 1918.
ØWalter (Walley) Brown VC (1885-1942) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Lodge Godeldrie No 558 on 7 April 1931.
ØGeorge Cartwright VC (1894-1978) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Lodge Merrylands No 479 on 1 Nov 1923.
ØWilliam Currey VC (1895-1948) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Lodge Carlton No 382 on 11 March 1930.
ØJames Heather Gordon VC (1907-1986) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge United Service No 307 WA on 2 April 1959
ØBlair A Wark VC (1894-1941) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Lane Cove No 338 on 8 Nov 1921
ØJames Gorman VC (1834-1882) Victoria Cross Winner initiated at The Leinster Marine Lodge Of Australia in 1878.
ØJohn Woods Whittle VC (1882-1946) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Sydney St Andrew no 7 on 1 Nov 1923
ØJames Rogers VC (1873-1961) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Robbie Burns No 88 UGLV on 11 Nov 1913
ØHugo Throssell VC (1884-1933) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Bulwer No 1068 England on 15 June 1917
ØWilliam Donovan Joynt VC (1889-1986) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Old Melbournians Lodge no 317 UGLV on 12 Oct 1923.
ØGeorge J Howell VC (1893-1964) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Freemasonry on 2 Dec 1920.
Famous Freemasons; Australian Explorers
ØCaptain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)...Explorer
ØHamilton Hume (1797-1873) First Australian Explorer to be born here. Initiated at Leinster Marine Lodge of Australia No 266, Irish Const on 12 Sept 1825.
ØWilliam Wentworth (1790-1872) Explorer, poet, journalist and politician. Member Lodge Amis Incorruptibles of Orient de Paris in 1818.
ØLieutenant John Oxley (1783-1828) RN...Explorer. Member Lodge of Social and Military Virtues No 277 Irish Const.
ØJohn McDouall Stuart...Explorer Initiated into the Lodge of Truth No.933 E.C. North Adelaide on 1 August 1859. Stuart claimed he recognised a Masonic greeting when he encountered a party of traditional owners in northern Australia.
ØCharles Karius Explorer initiated New Guinea Lodge (292 UGLQ) 29 Nov 1926,
ØSir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).."Father Of Australia"..Botanist Member Inverness Lodge, No. 4
Famous Freemasons; Australian Military Men of Rank or Note
ØCol Dr Sir Weary Dunlop AC, CMG, OBE (1907-1993) , War Hero & Doctor in WWII Japanese POW Changi Railway - saved hundreds including Sir William Clavel (author of Shogun); Since WWII built links with Asia Initiated in Lodge Liberation, No 674 in 1954UGLV
ØJack Lockett, was Australia's oldest man and oldest war veteran when he died and was honoured with a state funeral in Victoria Bro Lockett died at the age of 111
ØAir Commodore Rex Taylor CBE, John Knox Lodge
ØBrigadier Sir William Hall KBE DSO ED
ØMajor-General Sir Robert Risson DSO CBE CB OStJ Kt(1901-1992). Chair Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Joined Freemasonry in 1961 and 25th Grand Master of the UGLV 1974 - 1976 Initiated Baden Powell 24 July 1961
ØLt-General Sir John Lavarack, Past Grand Master-Qld
ØAllan Gordon Cameron (1909-1960), bank officer and soldier was awarded the DSO and Bar in New Guinea
ØBrigadier Sir Bernard Evans
ØChap-General Rev Albert Thomas Holden , 7thGrand Master UGLV 1912-1914. Initiated Grange Lodge 27 Sept 1898
ØLt-General Sir Carl Jess
ØLt-General Sir Leslie Morshead
ØBrigadier The Hon MWJ Bourchier
ØLt-General Sir Frank Berryman
ØLt-General R Bierwirth
ØMajor-General EJ Milford
ØMajor-General RE Jackson
ØMajor-General AG Wilson
ØMajor-General RE Wade
ØRear-Admiral Guy Griffiths
ØMajor-General Frank Poke AO, RFD ED PDGM
ØMajor-General Sir Alan Ramsay
ØMajor-General R Kendall
ØLt-Colonel Sir Harold Stokes
ØMajor-General Paul Cullen
ØLt-General Sir Horace Robertson
ØMajor-General HE "Pompey" Elliott CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD (1878–1931)
ØLieutenant-colonel George Francis Murphy (1883-1962), soldier, teacher and administrator. DSO with Bar
ØWing Commander William Lloyd Brill DSO, DFC & Bar (1916-1964), air force officer
ØMajor Alexander Thomas Paterson MC (1886-1950), soldier and businessman.
ØBruce Ruxton (1926-2011), former President of Victorian RSL.
Famous Freemasons; Australian Inventors/Business People
ØThomas Mayne (1901-1995) developed the drink "Milo" still sold today. Initiated into Lodge King Edward No 189 UGLV.
ØHarry Melbourne (1913-2007) invented the "Freddo Frog" chocolate. Initiated into Freemasonry at Victoria Park Lodge No 388 UGLV on 24 April 1944.
ØFrederick Peters (1836-1937) founded Peter's Ice-cream. Initiated into Terre Coupee Lodge No 204 Grand Lodge of Indiana on 27 Dec 1890
ØFred Walker (1884-1935) best remembered for creating "Vegemite" Spread. Initiated at Austral Temple Lodge No 110 UGLV on 9 July 1919
ØCecil Albert Gregory (1894-1974) Founder of "Gregory's Street Directory of Sydney and Suburbs". Initiated Lodge Arcadia No 177 UGLNSW on 12 May 1922.
ØMervyn Richardson (1893-1972) invented the Victa Lawn Mower. Initiated Lodge Wentworth no 89 on 6 Feb 1945.
ØJames Boag (c.1822-1890), brewer. Founded “J. Boag & Son” in February 1883
ØEdward Hallstrom (1886-1970) Philanthropist and invented the "Silent Knight Refrigerator". Initiated at Lodge Roseville No 344 on 24 Aug 1922
Famous Australian Freemasons; Still more..
ØAir Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928. He was a MM of a Brisbane lodge, and, as a matter of interest, it is his MM apron which is perambulated in the memorial service each Anzac Day in the Brisbane Memorial Masonic Centre. Initiated at Gascoyne Lodge on 9 April 1925.
ØSir James Cockle (1819-1895) lawyer and mathematician. First Chief Justice of Queensland, Australia from 1863-79
ØSir William Clarke (1831-?) , Chief Justice of Victoria, first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Victoria (1889-1896) Initiated Tasmanian Union Lodge 356 11 Oct 1855
ØSir Redmond Barry KCMG (1813-1880) philanthropist & Judge, Victoria’s First Solicitor-General later Justice of the Supreme Court, Founder Melbourne University and its first Chancellor, Founder Victoria State Library. The judge who sentenced Ned Kelly.
ØRobert Cleghorn MacKenzie, Goldfield Warden Victoria
ØLawrence Hargrave (1850-1915) aviation pioneer. Initiated at United Service Lodge of New South Wales No 937 English Const on 2 April 1877
ØAdolphus Appleroth (1886-1952) wrote the famous jingle "I like aeroplane Jelly". Initiated at Lodge Vaucluse 15 March 1928.
ØHugh Webster, once Prof of Physics at Uni Qld and for a time Australia's Science Rep to the United Nations. Hugh worked with Rutherford and actually 'split the atom' shortly before him, Rutherford got into print while Hugh cautiously checked and rechecked his results
ØLawrence Hargraves...Aeronautical Pioneer.
ØJohn Hosking...First Mayor of Sydney
ØPaul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche (1831-1914), police inspector
ØFrancis Greenway, colonial era architect
ØFrederick Thomas Hickford (1862-1929) Politician, Mayor of Brunswick, President Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Chairman Tramways Trust 9th Grand Master UGLV
ØSir Albert John Gould (1847-1936), lawyer and politician. Minister for justice under Sir Henry Parkes (1889-91) and (Sir) George Reid (1894-98).
ØMei Quong Tart...Ist Chinese Initiate in Australia in 1885
ØLt-Colonel Sir Harold Luxton, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
ØSir Ernest Fisk (1886-1965) Radio Pioneer. Initiated into Freemasonry at St John Lodge No 579, UGLE on 28 April 1910
ØWilliam James Byrne (1871-1951) 15th Grand Master UGLV 1939-1942 “Established one of Melbourne’s most respected law firms” Initiated Kent Lodge - 28 feb 1907
ØAlfred Carson (1859-1944), journalist and social worker
ØChap Archdeacon GE Lambie, Past Grand Chaplain
ØMr Justice Stumm KC (?-1929) Queensland Supreme Court Judge, Grand Master QLD
ØLt-General Sir Stanley George Savige (1890-1954) army officer and founder of Legacy
ØMoses Rintel (1823-1880) Jewish minister & philanthropist First Rabbi of Melbourne
ØGeorge Bankin Bearham OBE (1899-) leading Melbourne surgeon, gynecologist and obstetrician. Past Grand Master Initiated Clarke Lodge I June 1927
ØCharles Edward de Boos (1819-1900) journalist and police magistrate, mining warden and in 1881 presented with a gold medal 'as a mark of esteem' by Chinese miners in the Braidwood district
ØSir John Quick (1852-?) Ferdationalist and member Sandhurst for 9 years. Member first Parliament of Australia Initiated Lodge Judah 5 Nov 1879
ØHerbert Brayley Collett (1877-1947), librarian, soldier and politician
ØDavid Isaac Freedman (1874–1939) Politician & chaplain in the Australian Imperial Force and he served briefly on Gallipoli, in Egypt and France throughout which he wrote to the family of every Jewish soldier he met. Two thousand mourners attended his burial in Karrakatta cemetery
ØArthur Rudolph Bailey (1863-1938), pharmacist was a driving force behind the Pure Foods Act
ØSir Israel Brody(Brodie,?) (Very Rev) Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the British Commonwealth. Duke of Sussex Lodge No 48 UGLV
ØG. E. Hudson (1862-1926, Chair of Tariff Board, Chief Surveyor Victoria
ØPhilip Blashki, born Favel Wagczewski (1837-1916) Silversmith. Initiated Lodge Judah circa 1865
ØA Blashki (?-1938) prominent business man, founded the Jewish Aid society , “Past Grand Master Victorian Grand Lodge”
ØCharles Carty Salmon (1860-1917), politician & Federationalist. Speaker of the House, 8th Grand Master UGLV Initiated Talbot Lodge 12 Dec 1852
ØCaleb Soul (1817-1894), druggist and chemist,
ØCarl Magnus Oscar Friström (1856-1918), artist,
Ø Mr Justice Starke, High Court Judge
ØChief Justice Poole Gm South Australia GL
ØLange Leopold Powell (1886-1938), architect
ØFrancis Howard Greenway, Architect
ØSir Robert Wilson Knox (1890-1973), businessman
ØAllan Robert Stanley Vickers O.B.E., M.B., Ch.M. (1901-1967), flying doctor
ØJames Ernest Ogden (1868-1932), miner, unionist and politician
ØSir Leslie James Herron (1902-1973), Chief Justice,
ØSir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar (1892-1961), Judge
ØFrederick John Ludowici (1873-1969), businessman and conservationist
ØJames Larra (1749-1839), Jewish emancipist and merchant” certainly the most prominent Jew in the earliest years of the colony”
ØWilliam John Fookes (?-?) President Law Institute of Victoria in the early 20th Century
ØWalter Balls-Headley (1841{1842?}-1918), gynecologist, Grand Master Victoria in 1905-07 initiated Sir Isaac Newton Lodge 1161 14 June 1861
ØJohn Paul Sennitt (1851-1922), Local Councilor South Melbourne City Council, JP engineer and ice and ice-cream manufacturer
ØLeslie George (Les) Cole (1892-1978), magician,
ØSir Andrew Clarke (1824-1902), military engineer, politician and public servant. Surveyor-General.. Initiated Lodge Happiness
ØJustice Arthur Piper(?-1936, 70 when he died), Supreme Court South Australia, Grand Master South Australia Freemasons
ØErnest Henry Farrar (1879-1952), trade unionist and politician
ØCharles Edward Camidge (1837-1911), Anglican bishop
ØDr Lees, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
ØCharles Riley, Bishop Of Perth (The Right Rev. Dr) (1854-1929). Grand Master Of The Grand Lodge Of Freemasons Of Western Australia Initiated into Peace and Unity 314 Lancaster
ØRev HG Cranswick, Bishop of Gippsland
ØJames Squire Farnell (1825-1888), politician, Provincial Grand Master of the Irish Constitution
ØSir William Alexander Dargie , CBE (1912-2003) portrait painter, Holds the current record for the most Archibald Prizes won (eight). Official artist during WW2. Initiated June 1951 Lodge Arboreal No 641 UGLV, received a 50 year Jewel of Service in the Craft.
ØT.S. Burston(?-1928, 71 when he died), three times Mayor of Toowoomba, Past Grand Master
ØWilliam Dixon Campbell Denovan (1829-1906), miner, reformer, politician and public servant
ØLowther Clarke, Bishop of Melbourne
ØNorman Thomas William Allan (1909-1977), police commissioner
ØFrancis Erich (Frank) Bischof (1904-1979), police commissioner QLD (I guess we need to claim the bad with the good).
ØSir James Anderson Murdoch (1867-1939), retail trader, politician and philanthropist
ØSir William John Macleay (1820-1891), pastoralist, politician and patron of science
ØSir George Eccles Kelso King (1853-1943), businessman, initiated on 7 June 1878 in the Prince of Wales Lodge, Sydney, and became worshipful master in 1885. He was influential in establishing the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1889 and became grand mark master mason of New South Wales (1892-95).
ØSir William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936), financier and politician. On the death of Prince Bailieu “he told his nephew that 'everything the Baillieu family has they owe to your Uncle Willie'; and one-fifth of his estate of almost £500,000 was left to the University of Melbourne Library 'in memory of William Lawrence Baillieu'.
ØFrancis Ormond (1829-1889) philanthropist, politician, Grazier. Founded RMIT (then known as Working Men;s College) Ormond Hall at the Victorian Institute of the Blind, Ormond College at Melbourne Uni are named after him.
ØGeorge Edwon Emery CMG (1859-) 5th Grand Master UGLV (1907-1909) Commissioner of both Savings Bank and Post Office Savings Bank, becoming General Manager when both merged, one of the founders of Rotary in Victoria Initiated Lodge if Australasia 20 Dec 1894
ØSir John W Hacket KCMG (1848-1916, principal proprietor of the Western Australian Newspaper
ØSir Joseph Abbot, Grand Master
ØSir Manuel Hornibrook, eminent civic construction engineer Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGLQLD
ØFrederick Charles Standish (1824-) District Grand Master Victoria(1861-?). Assistance Commissioner Goldfields (1854-?) Chinese Protector (1858-?), Chief Commissioner of Police for Victoria (1858-?)
ØSir Henry Weedon, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor 1905-1908 Initiated Duke of Manchester Lodge 13 March 1885
ØWilliam Warren Kerr CBE (1864-) 13th Grand Master UGLV 1932-1935. President of both Victorian and Australian Chamber of Commerce. Mayor of Kew 1907. Initiated Austral-Temple Lodge 11 Nov 1908
ØAlexander Corrie (?-1941) One of founders of Launceston Stock Exchange First President and one of the founders of the Brisbane Stock Exchange, First QLD Grand Master
ØJ W Israel, Auditor General of Tasmania, Auditor General of the Commonwealth
ØRobert Flack Richards (?-1938, 72 when he died), Hobart architect
ØRabbi Raymond Apple AO RFD The Great Synagogue Sydney “retired in 2005 after many years as Australia’s highest-profile rabbi”
ØSir William Brunton KCB (1867-?) Lord Mayor Melbourne 1923-1926 Foundation chairman of Freemasons Hospital. Initiated Victorian Naval and Military Lodge 1905
ØPhillip Cohen (1852-?) Chief Clerk Dept of Mines Victoria for 22 years. Initiated Duke of Sussex Oct 1878.
ØWilliam Henry(?-1903), owned the “South Melbourne Citizen’s Newspaper”
ØSir Thomas Hiley, QLD Treasurer, Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGLQLD
ØEdith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain) (Although an “irregular” Freemason – I think she is worth mentioning!)
ØAngell Ellis, foundation Editor “Victorian Craftsman”
ØClifford Henry Book (1895?-) Crown Prosecutor 1926-1942. 16th Grand Master UGLV. Initiated Melbourne University Lodge 11 Dec 1919
ØFrank Ernest Pettifer (1873-1946) 17th Grand Master of UGLV 1945-1946 President Braille Writers Association Initiated Austral-Tmeple Lodge 8 Dec 1920
ØRichard Arnold Rowe (1890-1960) 18th Grand Master of UGLV 1947-1951. Chairman Melbourne Stock Exchange and also Associated Stock Exchangers of Australia. Initiated Rechab Lodge 14 May 1917
ØWilliam Player Bice (1855-?) 11th Grand Master UGLV 1926-1927. Initiated Earl of Carnarvon 26 Oct 1886 Of particular note for effectively banning public wearing of regalia and putting temples “off limits to the general community”. His name is on Gipps St Foundation Stone.
ØAthol James Kennedy (?-1980) Corporate Lawyer. Initiated United Accountants Lodge 13 Dec 1927
ØFrancis Robert Nelson (1906-1985) Supreme Court Judge
ØChristopher Thomas Frow Goy MBE (1897-1982) Moderator Presbyterian Church in Victoria 1956-?
ØEric Hughes (1901-1964) President Royal Victorian Institute of Architects 20th Grand Master UGLV 1963-1964 Initiated Lodge Amity 22 Feb 1934
ØOliver James Gillard Kt (1906-1984) Supreme Court Judge. 21st Grand Master UGLV 1965-1968 Initiated Eros Lodge 7 April 1934
ØCharles Roger Darvall CBE Kt(1906-) State Electricity Commissioner 22 Grand Master UGLV 1968-1970. Initiated Wimmera Lodge 20 Oct 1944
ØSydney Lance Townsend Kt. (1912-1983) Dean of Medicine Melbourne University. 23rd Grand Master UGLV 1970-1972 Initiated 24 Sept 1948 Philatelic Lodge
ØJames W Jackobs, Secretary of the Royal Freemasons Homes 1947-1967
ØClive William Harris (191
County Court Judge, Chairman Workers Compensation Board. 24 Grand Master of UGLV. Initiated East Camberwell Lodge 19 Dec 1946
ØChristopher Robert Barnes James (1899-) 26 Grand Master UGLV Initiated 7 Feb 1945 into City of Kew Lodge
ØReginald Edward Gregory MBE(1911 -) honorary Secretary Girl Guide Association-27 Grand Master UGLV 1978-1980
ØCharles . L. Riley (1855-1930) Archbishop of Perth. He served as chaplain general of the Australian army units during WWI. As Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, “ his spiritual influence in the development of the Australian lodges still exists”
ØNeville Leonard Colbran AM (1928-2007) President Law Institute of Victoria 28 Grand Master UGLV 1980-1982 initiated Lodge of Precision 17 Dec 1949
ØHenry John Nathan (1927-) 29th Grand Master UGLV 1982-1984 Initiated Lodge Fraternal 1948
ØPaul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche (1831-1914) Magistrate, Inspector of Police, notable historic photographer
ØJustice Keith John Austin Asche AC QC (192 Senior Judge Family Court. President of RMIT & chancellor Deakin University 30th Grand Master UGLV 1984 – 1986 Fourteenth Administrator of the Northern Territory 1993-1997 (Initiated 30 Sept 1967 Lodge of Famonsel OR Initiated Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Lodge 408QC ?)
ØJohn William Connell OA (1913-) 31st Grand Master UGLV 1986-1989 Initiated 27 Sept 1946 Francis Ormond Lodge
ØGeorge Brunswick Smythe, Magistrate first Master of a Lodge in Victoria, Australia Felix 1839
ØJohn Stephenson, “Father of Freemasonry.. (in Victoria), Assistant Editor ‘Port Philip Gazette”
ØHon. Mr Justice Howard E Zelling, CBE QC Grand Master South Australia 1972-1976
ØHon. Mr Justice Samuel J Jacobs, AO QC Grand Master South Australia 1979-1982
Suggested names needing further evidence.
ØHenry Lawson, Australian Poet Looks like “Knights of Labor secret society” – but not sure if he was a Freemason
ØLionel Rose Former multiple world boxing champion
ØNeville Wran
ØJamies Hardie, millionaire businessman
ØMaurice Herman Kellerman OBE (1902-2000) NSW Board of Jewish Education
ØHarold Coates OBE (1917-2002) NSW politician
ØGeorge C. Barber President-General of Methodist Church of Australia (1948-51)
ØJames Cook (1728-1779) English explorer
ØHorace Crotty (1886-1951) Church of England Bishop. b. Oct. 8, 1886 at Bleasby, near Nottingham. Educated in Australia, graduating from Melbourne Univ. with honors. He entered the holy orders in 1909, being appointed vicar of Ivanhoe, Melbourne and later rector of St. Thomas in North Sydney. Served in WW1 in France with the Australian expeditionary forces and on his return was appointed dean of Newcastle (N.S.W.). He was consecrated bishop of Bathhurst (N.S.W.) in 1928 and served until his resignation in 1936. He served as grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales and provincial grand chaplain in England. d. Jan. 16, 1951
ØSir Charles Gairdner British Lieutenant General and Governor of Western Australia in 1952. He was initiated in Shamrock Lodge No. 101 (Irish constitution) and affiliated with Military Lodge No. 15 (Western Australia constitution), March 21, 1952. He was given the rank of past master of this lodge, and later named senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of England
ØAlexander Hamilton sea lord. He commanded the Australian navy from 1918-20.
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Ø"Smokey Dawson" Herbert Henry MBE AM (1913 –2008), country music entertainer and community leader
ØSir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928.
Ø"Chips Rafferty" John William Pilbeam Goffage (1909-1971) Film actor
ØGraham Kennedy (1934-2005), entertainer and the "King of Television". Lodge of St Kilda, 1955
ØCharles "Bud" Tingwell (1923-2009) actor and spitfire pilot.
ØSir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), world famous Australian cricketer.
ØSir Hubert Opperman (1904-1996) world's fastest bicyclist in 1930s
ØSir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).."Father Of Australia", botanist
ØJohn McDouall Stuart... Stuart claimed he recognised a Masonic greeting when he encountered a party of traditional owners in northern Australia.
ØLachlan Macquarie (1762-1824), Governor of New South Wales (1810 to 1821)
Famous Freemasons; Australian Prime Ministers
ØSir Edmund Barton (1849-1920), 1st Australian Prime Minister (1901-1903). Initiated into Australian Lodge of Harmony No 555 English Constitution on 13 March 1878.
ØSir George Reid (1845-1918), 4th Prime Minister of Australia, Lodge Centennial No. 169, UGL of NSW on 16 Nov 1896
ØSir Joseph Cook (1860-1947) 6th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Lodge Independent No 8 UGLNSW 12 Feb 1892.
ØViscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883- 1967) 8th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Old Melbournians Lodge No 317 UGLV on 12 June 1925.
ØSir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (1880-1961) 11th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Lodge Prince Leopold No 87 UGLNSW on 4 Dec 1917
ØSir Robert Menzies (1894-1978), 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Initiated into Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, UGLV on 10 March 1910.
ØSir Arthur William Fadden (1894-1972) 13th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Caledonia Lodge No 737 Scottish Constitution in Queensland on 20 July 1915
ØSir John McEwen (1900-1980) 18th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Lauderdale Lodge No 361 UGLV on 28 July 1926
ØSir John Grey Gorton (1911-2002) 19th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated into Freemasonry at Kerrange Lodge No 100 UGLV on 5 Feb 1948.
ØSir William McMahon (1908-1988) 20th Prime Minister of Australia. Initiated at Lodge University of Sydney No 544 UGLNSW on 22 March 1974.
Famous Freemasons; Australian State Premiers
ØSir Alexander James Peacock KCMG (1861-1933), Premier and member of fourteen ministries. Grand Master (1900-05) of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria
ØSir George Turner KCMGand a privy counselor (1851-1916), Victoria's first Australian-born premier and Commonwealth Treasurer
ØSir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria, Scotch Collegians Lodge
ØHon. Robert Stanley “Bob” Richards (1885-1967), 32nd Premier of South Australia.
ØSir Newton James Moore KCMG(1870-1936), WA Premier, soldier and businessman
ØSir John William Evans (1855-1943), seaman, businessman and politician, Tasmanian Premier
ØSir Samuel Walker Griffith KCMG(1845-1920), Chief Justice and Premier of Queensland (twice), Grand Master
ØGeorge David Langridge (1829-1891) Victorian politician and public figure. Victorian Premier. “His public meetings at Collingwood were gala occasions: he never lost the common touch, and artisans and labourers mourned his death in impressive numbers.”
ØThomas Price (1852-1909), premier & reformist
ØSir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG (1908-1990), was the 38th and longest serving Premier of Victoria. Initiated into Lodge Meredith No 163 UGLV on the 9th of October 1946 where he remained a member until 1976.
ØArchibald Henry Peake (1859-1920), Premier of South Australia
ØSir Robert Philp KCMG(1851-1922), businessman and Premier of Queensland,
ØSir Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia
ØJohn Greeley Jenkins (1851-1923), 22ndPremier of South Australia
ØSir John Alexander Cockburn KCMG (1850-1929), 18th Premier of South Australia , Federationist and medical practitioner. Initiation in 1876, he would go on to help establish the Grand Lodge of South Australia, and to serve in several high offices within it
ØWilliam Forgan-Smith Premier of Queensland, was initiated into Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGQLD.
ØWilliam Alexander Watt (1871-1946) politician Premier of Victoria, Acting Prime Minister post WW1. initiated North Melbourne Lodge 2 Dec 1901
Famous Freemasons; Australian Governors
ØLachlan Macquarie (1762-1824), Governor of NSW “Served as the last autocratic Governor of New South Wales (1810 to 1821)and played a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of the colony” Initiated January 1793 at Bombay, India in Lodge No1
ØSir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (1855–1948), Governor-General, Attorney-General, High Court Judge and politician. Elected to the first Federal Parliament of Australia. Initiated Antrim No 349 Irish Const, member of Australia Felix, First Grand Register(1889-1890) of UGLV
ØSir Ernest Clark (1864-1951), Governor of Tasmania, installed Grand Master of Tasmania in 1935.
ØLord Huntingfield, William Charles Arcedeckne KCMG (1883-1969), Governor of Victoria (1931-1939). 14th Grand Master UGLV 1935-1939, Grand Master when Freemasons Hospital East Melbourne Opened. Initiated United Lodge # 1629 EC
ØSir Robert William Duff (1835-1895), Governor of NSW, Grand Master of NSW
ØAir Vice-Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George KBE(1896-1967), air force officer and Governor of South Australia
ØMajor-General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks KCB CMG DSO KStJ KCVO KCMG(1896-1966), Governor of Victoria, 19th Grand Master UGLV 1951-1963. Victoria's longest-serving Governor and Masonic Grand Master “was possibly the most popular Governor in Victoria's history” initiated in the Clarke Lodge # 98 on 6 February 1950 Dallas Brooks Hall 300 Albert St East Melb is named after him
ØSir John Northcott KCMG, CB, MVO, K.St. J (1890-1966). NSW State Governor & Grand Master
ØLord Somers, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks KCMG, DSO, MC (1887-1944), Governor of Victoria, 12th Grand Master Victoria 1927-1932 Chief Scout of Victoria and succeeded Baden-Powell as Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth. Initiated Household Brigade Lodge
ØGeorge Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke CB CVO CBE KCMG ADC(1862-1947) KCMGCBCVOCBEVDTD (1862-1947), Soldier & Governor of Victoria(1920-?) Initiated Lodge of Prudence # 388 10th Grand Master UGLV 1922-1929
ØSir Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890-1969), landowner and Governor of South Australia Grand Master SA 1941-1943
ØSir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG (1858 –1935)Lt Governor of Tasmania
ØLord Stonehaven, Major General Michael Jeffery, Governor General 1925-1930, Grand Master UGLNSW
ØMajor General Jefferies AC, CVO, MC.( 1937- ), Governor General of Western Australia (1993 –2002) and then Australia (2003–2008). Initiated in St George’s Lodge No 6 on 23 November 1994,
ØSir Samuel J Way (1836-1916), South Australian Lt Governor, Grand Master South Australia 1884-
ØSir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, South Australian Governor Grand Master South Australia 1941-943
ØSir Robert George South Australian Governor Grand Master South Australia 1956-1958
ØSir William Ellison-Macartney KCMG (1852-1924) Governor of Tasmania (1913-1917), Governor of Western Australia (1917-1920). Initiated Apollo University Lodge # 357 EC on 6 June 1872
ØSir Eric Neal South Australian Governor
ØFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (1868 - 1933) British statesman served as Governor of Queensland (1905–1909), Governor of New South Wales (1909 -1913). Viceroy of India. Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of NSW 1910-1913. Initiated on 1 June 1898 in Lodge of Amity # 137 EC
ØSir Gerard Smith KCMG (1839-1920), Governor of Western Australia (1895-1900) Initiated into Freemasonry on 4 May 1880 in the United Studholme Alliance Lodge # 1591 EC
ØLord Kintore, Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer (1852- 1930) Governor of South Australia and Grand Master South Australia 1889-1895
ØLord Carrington (1843-?), Governor of NSW and Grand Master NSW in 1888 to ? Initiated 28 October 1861 in Sir Isaac Newton Lodge # 859 EC
ØSir Mellia Napier, Judge, Lt Governor , Grand Master of South Australia 1928-1930
ØSir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843-1910), Admiral and Governor of NSW (1902-1909) “He promoted 'the ultimate formation of a separate navy' for Australia” Grand Master of United Grand Lodge of New South Wales (1905-09). Initiated in Royal Sussex Lodge # 501 EC in November
ØLord Brassey. Thomas Brassey KCB (1836-), first Governor of Victoria to be elected Grand Master (1896-1900) help found Volunteer Naval Reserves. Initiated Oxford University Lodge 1850. In Melbourne he joined the Clarke Lodge # 98
ØSir John Goodwin KCB, CMG., DSO, Queensland Governor and Queensland Grand Master.
ØLord Gowrie , Sir Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven VC DSO with bar (1872-1955) Victoria Cross Winner, and Australia's longest serving Governor-General. Grand Master of NSWInitiated into Freemasonry at Lodge St Andrews Military Lodge No 668 on 15 March 1893.
ØSir Leslie Wilson DSO GCIEGCSI. (1876-1955), Governor (1932-1946) and Grand Master of Queensland (1934-1946). Governor of Bombay (1923-28). initiated in Lodge Ionic # 65 NSWC on 17 January 1904
ØSir Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey GCB, GCMG, PC, DL, JP (1845-1915), Governor of NSW, Grand Master UGLNSW (installed 1891) initiated into Apollo University Lodge # 357 EC, on 25 October 1865 affiliated with Lodge Ionic # 65 NSWC
ØLord Carmichael, Thomas Gibson Carmichael, GCSI KCMG (1859-1926) Governor Victoria (1908-?) Governor of Madras, India, Governor of Bengal. Grand Master UGLV 1909-1912. Initiated 1895 in Lodge Dramatic and Arts # 757 SC
Famous Freemasons; Australian Entertainers
ØHerbert Henry "Smokey Dawson" MBE AM (1913 –2008), country music entertainer and community leader
ØGraham Kennedy (1934-2005), entertainer and "King of Television". Lodge of St Kilda, 1955
Ø"Chips Rafferty" John William Pilbeam Goffage (1909-1971) Film actor. Initiated at Lodge Literature No 500 UGLNSW in 1957
ØCharles "Bud" Tingwell (1923-2009) actor and spitfire pilot. Initiated Lodge Carinya No 785 on 27 Jan 1950
ØKen G Hall (1901-1994). Australian film producer and was the first Australian to win an Oscar. Initiated into Freemasonry at Lodge Anima No 421 on 12 Dec 1922.
ØHenry William Mobsby (1860-1933), artist, photographer and motion picture pioneer. Member of the Lodge, Indooroopilly, No.155, United Grand Lodge of Queensland
ØGeorge Seth Coppin (1819-1906), politician, comic actor and entrepreneur. An energetic Freemason he became the first Grand Master of Victoria (Grand Lodge Victoria later dissolved when United Grand Lodge Victoria was formed, Copping Presided over the first (and last (1889) meeting of the GL). Coppin has been credited with both fathering the Australian theatre Initiated St Johns Lodge No 346 IC
Ø" Roy Rene Mo" (born Harry Van Der Sluys) (1892-1954) better known as 'Mo' the clown.Thespian No.256, NSW Australia
ØNathan Phillips better known as “Stiffy” the clown
Famous Freemasons; Australian Sportsmen
ØSir Donald Bradman AC (1908-2001), world famous Australian cricketer. Initiated Lodge Tarbolton No 12 UGLNSW 26 Nov 1929.
ØBert Oldfield (1894-1976) Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1927. Initiated Lodge Arcadia No 177 UGLNSW on 11 June 1920
ØSir Hubert Opperman, (1904-1996) world's fastest bicyclist in 1930s; Government Minister; High Commissioner to Malta. Initiated into Stonnington Lodge No 368 UGLV on 23 Dec 1925.
ØJohn Treloar (1928- ) one of the fastest sprinters in the world. Initiated at Lodge Frank McDowell No 362 on 4 March 1948
ØVic Patrick (1920-2006) "the best Australian boxer never to have won a world title". Initiated at Lodge Fellowship No 623 on 28 Jan 1942
ØEdward (Eddie) Charlton AM (1929-2004) professional snooker and billiards champion. Initiated into Lodge Swansea No 755 UGL of NSW&ACT 14 July 1961.
ØWalter Albert Lindrum MBE (1898 - 1960) professional billiards player. Initiated Crimea Lodge No 432 8 Oct 1934
ØHenry Messenger (1883-1959), Rugby player. Initiated at Lodge Thespian No 265 in 1915
ØWilliam John Truscott (1886-1966), footballer
ØDeverick John (Mick) Cronin (1911-1979), Australian Rules footballer and commentator
ØWilliam Hender Hellings, swimmer one of the founders of the NSW Swimming Association
ØJohn Hill (1925?), member Victorian Boxing Hall of Fame, 50 Year Jewel holder.
ØEdgar Laurence ( Dunc) Grey..Olympic Cyclist
Military Men – Victoria Cross Winners
ØLt William Dunstan VC, Victoria Cross Winner
ØJohn Hutton Bisbee VC (1869-1930), first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross (in Boer War, South Africa). Initiated Lodge Bulwer No 1068 England on 6 Jan 1917
ØLt Neville R Howse VC (1863-1930), Australia's first Victoria Cross Winner and only medical member of the Australian Forces to be awarded the VC. Initiated Lodge Ophir on 29 Aug 1901
ØCaptain Albert Jacka, VC, MC & bar (1893-1932) Australia’s First WW1 VC
ØJohn Hurst Edmondson (1914-1941) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Lodge Liverpool No 197 on 3 April 1935. First Australian VC of WW2
ØArthur Blackburn VC (1892-1960) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Peter's Collegiate Lodge No 58 South Australia on 9 Dec 1918.
ØWalter (Walley) Brown VC (1885-1942) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Lodge Godeldrie No 558 on 7 April 1931.
ØGeorge Cartwright VC (1894-1978) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated Lodge Merrylands No 479 on 1 Nov 1923.
ØWilliam Currey VC (1895-1948) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Lodge Carlton No 382 on 11 March 1930.
ØJames Heather Gordon VC (1907-1986) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge United Service No 307 WA on 2 April 1959
ØBlair A Wark VC (1894-1941) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Lane Cove No 338 on 8 Nov 1921
ØJames Gorman VC (1834-1882) Victoria Cross Winner initiated at The Leinster Marine Lodge Of Australia in 1878.
ØJohn Woods Whittle VC (1882-1946) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Sydney St Andrew no 7 on 1 Nov 1923
ØJames Rogers VC (1873-1961) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Robbie Burns No 88 UGLV on 11 Nov 1913
ØHugo Throssell VC (1884-1933) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Lodge Bulwer No 1068 England on 15 June 1917
ØWilliam Donovan Joynt VC (1889-1986) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated at Old Melbournians Lodge no 317 UGLV on 12 Oct 1923.
ØGeorge J Howell VC (1893-1964) Victoria Cross Winner. Initiated into Freemasonry on 2 Dec 1920.
Famous Freemasons; Australian Explorers
ØCaptain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)...Explorer
ØHamilton Hume (1797-1873) First Australian Explorer to be born here. Initiated at Leinster Marine Lodge of Australia No 266, Irish Const on 12 Sept 1825.
ØWilliam Wentworth (1790-1872) Explorer, poet, journalist and politician. Member Lodge Amis Incorruptibles of Orient de Paris in 1818.
ØLieutenant John Oxley (1783-1828) RN...Explorer. Member Lodge of Social and Military Virtues No 277 Irish Const.
ØJohn McDouall Stuart...Explorer Initiated into the Lodge of Truth No.933 E.C. North Adelaide on 1 August 1859. Stuart claimed he recognised a Masonic greeting when he encountered a party of traditional owners in northern Australia.
ØCharles Karius Explorer initiated New Guinea Lodge (292 UGLQ) 29 Nov 1926,
ØSir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).."Father Of Australia"..Botanist Member Inverness Lodge, No. 4
Famous Freemasons; Australian Military Men of Rank or Note
ØCol Dr Sir Weary Dunlop AC, CMG, OBE (1907-1993) , War Hero & Doctor in WWII Japanese POW Changi Railway - saved hundreds including Sir William Clavel (author of Shogun); Since WWII built links with Asia Initiated in Lodge Liberation, No 674 in 1954UGLV
ØJack Lockett, was Australia's oldest man and oldest war veteran when he died and was honoured with a state funeral in Victoria Bro Lockett died at the age of 111
ØAir Commodore Rex Taylor CBE, John Knox Lodge
ØBrigadier Sir William Hall KBE DSO ED
ØMajor-General Sir Robert Risson DSO CBE CB OStJ Kt(1901-1992). Chair Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board. Joined Freemasonry in 1961 and 25th Grand Master of the UGLV 1974 - 1976 Initiated Baden Powell 24 July 1961
ØLt-General Sir John Lavarack, Past Grand Master-Qld
ØAllan Gordon Cameron (1909-1960), bank officer and soldier was awarded the DSO and Bar in New Guinea
ØBrigadier Sir Bernard Evans
ØChap-General Rev Albert Thomas Holden , 7thGrand Master UGLV 1912-1914. Initiated Grange Lodge 27 Sept 1898
ØLt-General Sir Carl Jess
ØLt-General Sir Leslie Morshead
ØBrigadier The Hon MWJ Bourchier
ØLt-General Sir Frank Berryman
ØLt-General R Bierwirth
ØMajor-General EJ Milford
ØMajor-General RE Jackson
ØMajor-General AG Wilson
ØMajor-General RE Wade
ØRear-Admiral Guy Griffiths
ØMajor-General Frank Poke AO, RFD ED PDGM
ØMajor-General Sir Alan Ramsay
ØMajor-General R Kendall
ØLt-Colonel Sir Harold Stokes
ØMajor-General Paul Cullen
ØLt-General Sir Horace Robertson
ØMajor-General HE "Pompey" Elliott CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, VD (1878–1931)
ØLieutenant-colonel George Francis Murphy (1883-1962), soldier, teacher and administrator. DSO with Bar
ØWing Commander William Lloyd Brill DSO, DFC & Bar (1916-1964), air force officer
ØMajor Alexander Thomas Paterson MC (1886-1950), soldier and businessman.
ØBruce Ruxton (1926-2011), former President of Victorian RSL.
Famous Freemasons; Australian Inventors/Business People
ØThomas Mayne (1901-1995) developed the drink "Milo" still sold today. Initiated into Lodge King Edward No 189 UGLV.
ØHarry Melbourne (1913-2007) invented the "Freddo Frog" chocolate. Initiated into Freemasonry at Victoria Park Lodge No 388 UGLV on 24 April 1944.
ØFrederick Peters (1836-1937) founded Peter's Ice-cream. Initiated into Terre Coupee Lodge No 204 Grand Lodge of Indiana on 27 Dec 1890
ØFred Walker (1884-1935) best remembered for creating "Vegemite" Spread. Initiated at Austral Temple Lodge No 110 UGLV on 9 July 1919
ØCecil Albert Gregory (1894-1974) Founder of "Gregory's Street Directory of Sydney and Suburbs". Initiated Lodge Arcadia No 177 UGLNSW on 12 May 1922.
ØMervyn Richardson (1893-1972) invented the Victa Lawn Mower. Initiated Lodge Wentworth no 89 on 6 Feb 1945.
ØJames Boag (c.1822-1890), brewer. Founded “J. Boag & Son” in February 1883
ØEdward Hallstrom (1886-1970) Philanthropist and invented the "Silent Knight Refrigerator". Initiated at Lodge Roseville No 344 on 24 Aug 1922
Famous Australian Freemasons; Still more..
ØAir Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897-1935), aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane in about 1928. He was a MM of a Brisbane lodge, and, as a matter of interest, it is his MM apron which is perambulated in the memorial service each Anzac Day in the Brisbane Memorial Masonic Centre. Initiated at Gascoyne Lodge on 9 April 1925.
ØSir James Cockle (1819-1895) lawyer and mathematician. First Chief Justice of Queensland, Australia from 1863-79
ØSir William Clarke (1831-?) , Chief Justice of Victoria, first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Victoria (1889-1896) Initiated Tasmanian Union Lodge 356 11 Oct 1855
ØSir Redmond Barry KCMG (1813-1880) philanthropist & Judge, Victoria’s First Solicitor-General later Justice of the Supreme Court, Founder Melbourne University and its first Chancellor, Founder Victoria State Library. The judge who sentenced Ned Kelly.
ØRobert Cleghorn MacKenzie, Goldfield Warden Victoria
ØLawrence Hargrave (1850-1915) aviation pioneer. Initiated at United Service Lodge of New South Wales No 937 English Const on 2 April 1877
ØAdolphus Appleroth (1886-1952) wrote the famous jingle "I like aeroplane Jelly". Initiated at Lodge Vaucluse 15 March 1928.
ØHugh Webster, once Prof of Physics at Uni Qld and for a time Australia's Science Rep to the United Nations. Hugh worked with Rutherford and actually 'split the atom' shortly before him, Rutherford got into print while Hugh cautiously checked and rechecked his results
ØLawrence Hargraves...Aeronautical Pioneer.
ØJohn Hosking...First Mayor of Sydney
ØPaul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche (1831-1914), police inspector
ØFrancis Greenway, colonial era architect
ØFrederick Thomas Hickford (1862-1929) Politician, Mayor of Brunswick, President Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Chairman Tramways Trust 9th Grand Master UGLV
ØSir Albert John Gould (1847-1936), lawyer and politician. Minister for justice under Sir Henry Parkes (1889-91) and (Sir) George Reid (1894-98).
ØMei Quong Tart...Ist Chinese Initiate in Australia in 1885
ØLt-Colonel Sir Harold Luxton, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
ØSir Ernest Fisk (1886-1965) Radio Pioneer. Initiated into Freemasonry at St John Lodge No 579, UGLE on 28 April 1910
ØWilliam James Byrne (1871-1951) 15th Grand Master UGLV 1939-1942 “Established one of Melbourne’s most respected law firms” Initiated Kent Lodge - 28 feb 1907
ØAlfred Carson (1859-1944), journalist and social worker
ØChap Archdeacon GE Lambie, Past Grand Chaplain
ØMr Justice Stumm KC (?-1929) Queensland Supreme Court Judge, Grand Master QLD
ØLt-General Sir Stanley George Savige (1890-1954) army officer and founder of Legacy
ØMoses Rintel (1823-1880) Jewish minister & philanthropist First Rabbi of Melbourne
ØGeorge Bankin Bearham OBE (1899-) leading Melbourne surgeon, gynecologist and obstetrician. Past Grand Master Initiated Clarke Lodge I June 1927
ØCharles Edward de Boos (1819-1900) journalist and police magistrate, mining warden and in 1881 presented with a gold medal 'as a mark of esteem' by Chinese miners in the Braidwood district
ØSir John Quick (1852-?) Ferdationalist and member Sandhurst for 9 years. Member first Parliament of Australia Initiated Lodge Judah 5 Nov 1879
ØHerbert Brayley Collett (1877-1947), librarian, soldier and politician
ØDavid Isaac Freedman (1874–1939) Politician & chaplain in the Australian Imperial Force and he served briefly on Gallipoli, in Egypt and France throughout which he wrote to the family of every Jewish soldier he met. Two thousand mourners attended his burial in Karrakatta cemetery
ØArthur Rudolph Bailey (1863-1938), pharmacist was a driving force behind the Pure Foods Act
ØSir Israel Brody(Brodie,?) (Very Rev) Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of the British Commonwealth. Duke of Sussex Lodge No 48 UGLV
ØG. E. Hudson (1862-1926, Chair of Tariff Board, Chief Surveyor Victoria
ØPhilip Blashki, born Favel Wagczewski (1837-1916) Silversmith. Initiated Lodge Judah circa 1865
ØA Blashki (?-1938) prominent business man, founded the Jewish Aid society , “Past Grand Master Victorian Grand Lodge”
ØCharles Carty Salmon (1860-1917), politician & Federationalist. Speaker of the House, 8th Grand Master UGLV Initiated Talbot Lodge 12 Dec 1852
ØCaleb Soul (1817-1894), druggist and chemist,
ØCarl Magnus Oscar Friström (1856-1918), artist,
Ø Mr Justice Starke, High Court Judge
ØChief Justice Poole Gm South Australia GL
ØLange Leopold Powell (1886-1938), architect
ØFrancis Howard Greenway, Architect
ØSir Robert Wilson Knox (1890-1973), businessman
ØAllan Robert Stanley Vickers O.B.E., M.B., Ch.M. (1901-1967), flying doctor
ØJames Ernest Ogden (1868-1932), miner, unionist and politician
ØSir Leslie James Herron (1902-1973), Chief Justice,
ØSir Wilfred Kelsham Fullagar (1892-1961), Judge
ØFrederick John Ludowici (1873-1969), businessman and conservationist
ØJames Larra (1749-1839), Jewish emancipist and merchant” certainly the most prominent Jew in the earliest years of the colony”
ØWilliam John Fookes (?-?) President Law Institute of Victoria in the early 20th Century
ØWalter Balls-Headley (1841{1842?}-1918), gynecologist, Grand Master Victoria in 1905-07 initiated Sir Isaac Newton Lodge 1161 14 June 1861
ØJohn Paul Sennitt (1851-1922), Local Councilor South Melbourne City Council, JP engineer and ice and ice-cream manufacturer
ØLeslie George (Les) Cole (1892-1978), magician,
ØSir Andrew Clarke (1824-1902), military engineer, politician and public servant. Surveyor-General.. Initiated Lodge Happiness
ØJustice Arthur Piper(?-1936, 70 when he died), Supreme Court South Australia, Grand Master South Australia Freemasons
ØErnest Henry Farrar (1879-1952), trade unionist and politician
ØCharles Edward Camidge (1837-1911), Anglican bishop
ØDr Lees, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
ØCharles Riley, Bishop Of Perth (The Right Rev. Dr) (1854-1929). Grand Master Of The Grand Lodge Of Freemasons Of Western Australia Initiated into Peace and Unity 314 Lancaster
ØRev HG Cranswick, Bishop of Gippsland
ØJames Squire Farnell (1825-1888), politician, Provincial Grand Master of the Irish Constitution
ØSir William Alexander Dargie , CBE (1912-2003) portrait painter, Holds the current record for the most Archibald Prizes won (eight). Official artist during WW2. Initiated June 1951 Lodge Arboreal No 641 UGLV, received a 50 year Jewel of Service in the Craft.
ØT.S. Burston(?-1928, 71 when he died), three times Mayor of Toowoomba, Past Grand Master
ØWilliam Dixon Campbell Denovan (1829-1906), miner, reformer, politician and public servant
ØLowther Clarke, Bishop of Melbourne
ØNorman Thomas William Allan (1909-1977), police commissioner
ØFrancis Erich (Frank) Bischof (1904-1979), police commissioner QLD (I guess we need to claim the bad with the good).
ØSir James Anderson Murdoch (1867-1939), retail trader, politician and philanthropist
ØSir William John Macleay (1820-1891), pastoralist, politician and patron of science
ØSir George Eccles Kelso King (1853-1943), businessman, initiated on 7 June 1878 in the Prince of Wales Lodge, Sydney, and became worshipful master in 1885. He was influential in establishing the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons in 1889 and became grand mark master mason of New South Wales (1892-95).
ØSir William Lawrence Baillieu (1859-1936), financier and politician. On the death of Prince Bailieu “he told his nephew that 'everything the Baillieu family has they owe to your Uncle Willie'; and one-fifth of his estate of almost £500,000 was left to the University of Melbourne Library 'in memory of William Lawrence Baillieu'.
ØFrancis Ormond (1829-1889) philanthropist, politician, Grazier. Founded RMIT (then known as Working Men;s College) Ormond Hall at the Victorian Institute of the Blind, Ormond College at Melbourne Uni are named after him.
ØGeorge Edwon Emery CMG (1859-) 5th Grand Master UGLV (1907-1909) Commissioner of both Savings Bank and Post Office Savings Bank, becoming General Manager when both merged, one of the founders of Rotary in Victoria Initiated Lodge if Australasia 20 Dec 1894
ØSir John W Hacket KCMG (1848-1916, principal proprietor of the Western Australian Newspaper
ØSir Joseph Abbot, Grand Master
ØSir Manuel Hornibrook, eminent civic construction engineer Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGLQLD
ØFrederick Charles Standish (1824-) District Grand Master Victoria(1861-?). Assistance Commissioner Goldfields (1854-?) Chinese Protector (1858-?), Chief Commissioner of Police for Victoria (1858-?)
ØSir Henry Weedon, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor 1905-1908 Initiated Duke of Manchester Lodge 13 March 1885
ØWilliam Warren Kerr CBE (1864-) 13th Grand Master UGLV 1932-1935. President of both Victorian and Australian Chamber of Commerce. Mayor of Kew 1907. Initiated Austral-Temple Lodge 11 Nov 1908
ØAlexander Corrie (?-1941) One of founders of Launceston Stock Exchange First President and one of the founders of the Brisbane Stock Exchange, First QLD Grand Master
ØJ W Israel, Auditor General of Tasmania, Auditor General of the Commonwealth
ØRobert Flack Richards (?-1938, 72 when he died), Hobart architect
ØRabbi Raymond Apple AO RFD The Great Synagogue Sydney “retired in 2005 after many years as Australia’s highest-profile rabbi”
ØSir William Brunton KCB (1867-?) Lord Mayor Melbourne 1923-1926 Foundation chairman of Freemasons Hospital. Initiated Victorian Naval and Military Lodge 1905
ØPhillip Cohen (1852-?) Chief Clerk Dept of Mines Victoria for 22 years. Initiated Duke of Sussex Oct 1878.
ØWilliam Henry(?-1903), owned the “South Melbourne Citizen’s Newspaper”
ØSir Thomas Hiley, QLD Treasurer, Prince Albert Lodge No 248 UGLQLD
ØEdith Cowan, First woman elected to Australian Parliament, Member of St Cuthberts Lodge Perth Australia (Le Droit Humain) (Although an “irregular” Freemason – I think she is worth mentioning!)
ØAngell Ellis, foundation Editor “Victorian Craftsman”
ØClifford Henry Book (1895?-) Crown Prosecutor 1926-1942. 16th Grand Master UGLV. Initiated Melbourne University Lodge 11 Dec 1919
ØFrank Ernest Pettifer (1873-1946) 17th Grand Master of UGLV 1945-1946 President Braille Writers Association Initiated Austral-Tmeple Lodge 8 Dec 1920
ØRichard Arnold Rowe (1890-1960) 18th Grand Master of UGLV 1947-1951. Chairman Melbourne Stock Exchange and also Associated Stock Exchangers of Australia. Initiated Rechab Lodge 14 May 1917
ØWilliam Player Bice (1855-?) 11th Grand Master UGLV 1926-1927. Initiated Earl of Carnarvon 26 Oct 1886 Of particular note for effectively banning public wearing of regalia and putting temples “off limits to the general community”. His name is on Gipps St Foundation Stone.
ØAthol James Kennedy (?-1980) Corporate Lawyer. Initiated United Accountants Lodge 13 Dec 1927
ØFrancis Robert Nelson (1906-1985) Supreme Court Judge
ØChristopher Thomas Frow Goy MBE (1897-1982) Moderator Presbyterian Church in Victoria 1956-?
ØEric Hughes (1901-1964) President Royal Victorian Institute of Architects 20th Grand Master UGLV 1963-1964 Initiated Lodge Amity 22 Feb 1934
ØOliver James Gillard Kt (1906-1984) Supreme Court Judge. 21st Grand Master UGLV 1965-1968 Initiated Eros Lodge 7 April 1934
ØCharles Roger Darvall CBE Kt(1906-) State Electricity Commissioner 22 Grand Master UGLV 1968-1970. Initiated Wimmera Lodge 20 Oct 1944
ØSydney Lance Townsend Kt. (1912-1983) Dean of Medicine Melbourne University. 23rd Grand Master UGLV 1970-1972 Initiated 24 Sept 1948 Philatelic Lodge
ØJames W Jackobs, Secretary of the Royal Freemasons Homes 1947-1967
ØClive William Harris (191
County Court Judge, Chairman Workers Compensation Board. 24 Grand Master of UGLV. Initiated East Camberwell Lodge 19 Dec 1946ØChristopher Robert Barnes James (1899-) 26 Grand Master UGLV Initiated 7 Feb 1945 into City of Kew Lodge
ØReginald Edward Gregory MBE(1911 -) honorary Secretary Girl Guide Association-27 Grand Master UGLV 1978-1980
ØCharles . L. Riley (1855-1930) Archbishop of Perth. He served as chaplain general of the Australian army units during WWI. As Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia, “ his spiritual influence in the development of the Australian lodges still exists”
ØNeville Leonard Colbran AM (1928-2007) President Law Institute of Victoria 28 Grand Master UGLV 1980-1982 initiated Lodge of Precision 17 Dec 1949
ØHenry John Nathan (1927-) 29th Grand Master UGLV 1982-1984 Initiated Lodge Fraternal 1948
ØPaul Heinrich Matthias Foelsche (1831-1914) Magistrate, Inspector of Police, notable historic photographer
ØJustice Keith John Austin Asche AC QC (192
Senior Judge Family Court. President of RMIT & chancellor Deakin University 30th Grand Master UGLV 1984 – 1986 Fourteenth Administrator of the Northern Territory 1993-1997 (Initiated 30 Sept 1967 Lodge of Famonsel OR Initiated Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Lodge 408QC ?)ØJohn William Connell OA (1913-) 31st Grand Master UGLV 1986-1989 Initiated 27 Sept 1946 Francis Ormond Lodge
ØGeorge Brunswick Smythe, Magistrate first Master of a Lodge in Victoria, Australia Felix 1839
ØJohn Stephenson, “Father of Freemasonry.. (in Victoria), Assistant Editor ‘Port Philip Gazette”
ØHon. Mr Justice Howard E Zelling, CBE QC Grand Master South Australia 1972-1976
ØHon. Mr Justice Samuel J Jacobs, AO QC Grand Master South Australia 1979-1982
Suggested names needing further evidence.
ØHenry Lawson, Australian Poet Looks like “Knights of Labor secret society” – but not sure if he was a Freemason
ØLionel Rose Former multiple world boxing champion
ØNeville Wran
ØJamies Hardie, millionaire businessman
ØMaurice Herman Kellerman OBE (1902-2000) NSW Board of Jewish Education
ØHarold Coates OBE (1917-2002) NSW politician
ØGeorge C. Barber President-General of Methodist Church of Australia (1948-51)
ØJames Cook (1728-1779) English explorer
ØHorace Crotty (1886-1951) Church of England Bishop. b. Oct. 8, 1886 at Bleasby, near Nottingham. Educated in Australia, graduating from Melbourne Univ. with honors. He entered the holy orders in 1909, being appointed vicar of Ivanhoe, Melbourne and later rector of St. Thomas in North Sydney. Served in WW1 in France with the Australian expeditionary forces and on his return was appointed dean of Newcastle (N.S.W.). He was consecrated bishop of Bathhurst (N.S.W.) in 1928 and served until his resignation in 1936. He served as grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales and provincial grand chaplain in England. d. Jan. 16, 1951
ØSir Charles Gairdner British Lieutenant General and Governor of Western Australia in 1952. He was initiated in Shamrock Lodge No. 101 (Irish constitution) and affiliated with Military Lodge No. 15 (Western Australia constitution), March 21, 1952. He was given the rank of past master of this lodge, and later named senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of England
ØAlexander Hamilton sea lord. He commanded the Australian navy from 1918-20.
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