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In Memorial
Lodge Devotion Members
Vale, Bro Clive Anthony Wright MM, 24 June 1942 - 29 August 2011
Vale, Bro Peter Bostock MM. 14th May 1933 – 5th Dec 2017
Vale, Bro Simon Pervis Stedman MM, 7 Sept 1964 to 21 July 2018
Email from Simon Stedman “Thanks for your support”
Vale, VWBro Andrew Ernest McKay PGIWkgs, 13 April 1943 - 24 May 2015
Andy & the Community Bank
Andy & the Trail Riders Association. 47 Years a Member.
Master’s Message
Vale, Andrew Ernst McKay (editorial)
Vale, WBro Bruce Barlow-Barker PM, 3 Dec 1928 - 17 Feb 2010
Vale, WBro Ivan Samuel James McKay PM, 5 Sept 1922 - 5 Nov 2019
Vale, WBro Kenneth Norman Nice PGStdB, 30 Nov 1925 - 4 Oct 2012
Other Brothers supporting Lodge Devotion
Vale, Brother John "Corky" Wheeler Daut, PM, 31 March 1928 – 11 July 2016
DEAR DAD - A Letter to The Celestial Lodge
Read the STTM and other Writings from Corky
Vale, RWBro Colin M Gronn PJGW, 27 April 1936 – 20 April 2020
Lodge Devotion Artifacts
Humorous
Chinese Masonic Antiquity
Lodge Devotion Gavel
L. W. Fletcher’s Lodge Devotion 1954-55 Past Master’s Medal
Lodge Devotion Centenary Jewel & Masonic Birthday Cards Returned
Lodge Devotion’s Foundation Square and Compasses
Masonic Dinner Gong
The Frank Deveney Perpetual IPM Jewel
The Stonehouse Papers
Photographs - Lodge Devotion in the 1960's from The Stonehouse Papers
Lodge Devotion Foundation Timeline
Discovering Lodge Devotion - Foundation Documents
1951 07 12 Petition for Warrant
1951 08 08 Petitioners
1951 08 09 Report on Lodges at Collingwood Masonic Centre
1951 10 30 Letter
1951 11 08 Letter
1951 11 09 Letter
1952 01 02 Letter
1952 07 04 Letter
1952 08 20 Lodge Devotion Consecration Booklet
Circa 1951 Proposed Lodge Devotion Officers
Past Masters of Lodge Devotion
Devotion Past Master - VWBro Alexander George Stonehouse PGIW
WBro J R Irving on Lodge Devotion, Freemasonry & Bro Rudyard Kipling
Summons Paper
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Books on Freemasonry - Reviews
Don's Diary
100 years old as a male-only organisation
A Good Reputation
A happy retirement; Men and Their Toys
A way ahead (March 2018)
Actually Helping
Alienation
Alienation in Clubs
And the time will come..
Are you Listening ???
Boldness be my Friend
Christmas - Peace on Earth
Christmas 2012
Clausewitz and Freemasonry
Compromise and Principles
Consensus management
Consultants
Culture (May 2019)
Curries
Democracy is a system not an entity
Developers and Exploiters
My September Don’s Diary – a Rejoinder
Dissembling
Echuca
Education
Expectations of Newer Freemasons
Father's Day
Fellowship Lodges
Freemasonry has no dogma or sacraments.
Freemasonry means different things to different brethren
Greek Financial Crisis July 2015
Groupthink
Happiness (August 2010)
Happiness (June 2016)
Hubris
I am a Caveman !
Inclusion and Banter
Ineptrocacy
Installation & Memories of Vietnam
It seemed like a good idea at the time
Ladies of the Lodge
Leadership
Life’s Journey
Luck
Management Selection
Mandates
Marketing Freemasonry – after sales selling
Masonic Buildings - Message on the Dallas Brooks Centre
Masonic Capital
Masonic Cricket
Masonic Flying Squad - Traveling Warrants of Regiments
Masonic Leadership, August 2008
Masonic Leadership, December 2016
Masonic Leadership, October 2007
Masonic Manners...
Mea culpa
Multiculturalism
My Sort of Freemasonry
New Year Resolutions 2010
New Year Resolutions 2015
New Year's Resolutions 2013
New Year's Resolutions 2017 , Moving On & Letting Go..
On the Passing of Ken
Organizations with declining membership need to have a good hard look at themselves.
Overalls
Planning a Masonic Journey
Political Correctness
Post Sept 11
Quality Time
Questions
Raising Worthy Citizens
Regret
Setting standards and the election of a DGM (July 2019)
Small Lodges
Speeches and Speaking
Standards
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Sub Rosa
The 5 P's of Marketing
The Officers’ Mess and table lodges
The only constant thing in life is change
The Pub Test
There is nothing new under the sun
Time..
Top Down Management
Tribute to True Love & My Wife Yvonne
Trust (2012)
Trust (2013)
Two Abbotsford Pubs
Understanding misunderstandings
Victims
Visiting..
We are not here for rehearsal, you know!
We entertained at home a lot in the Army, a long time ago
Work
Working together as a lodge
You can learn a lot about your own country from travel overseas
You only own what you can protect
“Baggage” and Statesmen
Editorial & Educational Articles
10 Guidelines for Freemasons
[Mis]conceptions of the Craft
A Hidden Truth in Plain Sight
A visual contemplation on the nature of “Truth”
Affordable Viable Freemasonry for the Future
Ancient Use of The Cable-Tow
ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day 2008 - The First Anzacs
ANZAC Day 2009 - A Happier ANZAC Story; Beersheba
ANZAC Day 2010 - Things I should have asked my Grandfather
ANZAC Day 2011 - Gallipoli Campaign in the Dardanelles
Rum and the Armed Forces
ANZAC Day 2012 - Freemasons & the Shrine of Remembrance
ANZAC Day 2013 - Australian War Memorial Canberra
Australian War Memorial - The Long Tan Cross
Australian War Museum - Aircraft
Australian War Museum - Bell of the HMAS Perth
Australian War Museum - Colonial Guns
Australian War Museum - The Hall of Valour - Victoria Crosses awarded to Australian Freemasons
Australian War Museum – Dioramas
Holbrook, New South Wales
ANZAC Day 2015 - 100th Anniversary
ANZAC Day 2016 – Corporal Cameron Baird VC MG (1981-2013)
ANZAC DAY 2017
ANZAC DAY 2018 – A Year of Many Anniversaries.
ANZAC DAY 2018 – Holding our History – Masonic Honour Rolls.
1919 UGLV Great War Honour Roll Book
MSExcel Version of the 1919 UGLV WW1 Honour Roll Booklet
Other Military Related Articles
Beginning the 100 Day Offensive
D-Day 70 Year Anniversary
Freemasonry During The War of 1812
Lodge Victoria Cross # 928 UGLNSW&ACT
Military Lodges (A History) and the Circuit of Service Lodges
The Battle of Jutland; The Day WW1 may have been lost & some of the Freemasons there.
The Relevance of Innocence (HMAS Sydney)
Are You a Good Ambassador for Freemasonry?
Articles on Tartan Kilts and Freemasonry.
Freemasons’ Universal Tartan, The Grand Lodge of Utah
On Kilts and their Tartan patterns
The Tartan of The Prince Charles Edward Stuart Lodge No 1745 UGLNSW&ACT
Why no Masonic Tartan?
Australia Day - Freemason Parade 2012
Beyond the Blue
Brilliant Masonic Ideas
Brought to Light Masonic Podcast, Ep 31. Brothers in Freemasonry
Cars and Vehicles
CAR 321
Masonic Unique Vehicles Group at Ringwood
Our Deux Chevaux
The New Electric Tuckerboxes at Gundagai
Circulating in the South
Cleaning Masonic Aprons
Cognitive Bias - The Dunning–Kruger effect
Coping with Bipolar Disorder and the 2nd Degree
Cultural Adaptation
Devotion News 100th Edition
Devotion Nobles
Directing Masons
Discrimination & Prejudice
Don’t Look Behind the Curtain and The Generational Divide
DUTCH MASONRY IN AUSTRALIA
Each to his own ability
Examinations of Visitors
Freemasonry and Spirituality ‘Going deeper into the hidden mysteries’
Freemasonry needs to be more than just going to Lodge
Freemasonry, the Brand
Freemasons Victoria Leadership Program 2018 (index of articles inspired by)
Funny, amusing and or satire
Amusing Lodge Masonic Lodge Minutes
Grand Master Finds New Masons are Disillusioned with Titles
Introducing Letters from Hiram Abiff
Devotion News No 33. Feb - March 2009. Position Position !
Devotion News No 34. March-April 2009. Background on Hiram Abiff
Devotion News No 35 April- May 2009. Letter TO Hiram Abiff
Devotion News No 36. May-June 2009. Josephus
Devotion News No 38. July - Aug 2009. Grand Lodge was formed as a marketing ploy to make ordinary men feel important
Devotion News No 43 Pestered about funds
Devotion News No 57, April - May 2011 My friend St Peter seems to be doing a reasonable job at the Pearly Gates
Devotion News No 60, July - August 2011. A one-stream economy
Devotion News No 63, Oct - Nov 2011. To an Outgoing Master
Devotion News No 67, March - April 2012. Advice on a masonic brother at the Gate
Devotion News No 68, May 2012. The Friends of the Court
Devotion News No 92, Sept - Oct 2014. A simple system you made complicated!
Devotion News No 93, Oct - Nov 2014. Letter from the Third Ruffian
Edition No 94, Nov - Dec 2014 What a hypocrite!
Devotion News No 99, June - July 2015. Order of Monte Cristo
Key Audit Findings & Recommendations
The Right Royal Noble Valiant Christian Chivalrous and Masonic Order Of Zorro (ROZ)
Galvayne’s Groove and Integrity
Getting Freemasonry Noticed
Grand Master's Message - Am I the problem, or part of the solution ?
Grand Master's Message - Installaiton at UGLV 2018 - To make the world a better place, one man at a time
Grand Master's Message – On four letter words
How to move a motion from the floor of a lodge
I am a Master Mason
I was given a petition when I had NO intention of joining.
I'M THE GUY (who you ignored and left)
In a nutshell; ...a system of morality... veiled in allegory...
In A Word: The 3 Lesser Lights
In Search of Smooth Ashlars
Job For Junior Wardens
Judge Kindly. . .
Learning Masonic Ritual
Ensuring Ritual has Impact; Learning Lines in Scotland.
Learning Ritual with the Wisdom of Bro Henry Ford
New Freemasons - Learning Lines
The Math of Learning Ritual
The Plucky Lodge that did... because “No one owns a charge”
Letter to the Editor from Canada - What makes a good lodge?
Letters of Note; “Love, Dad”
Lodge Devotion Benevolence Activities
Lodge Devotion, Influencing Freemasonry in India?
Lodge Devotion’s July Meeting & a Visitor from Chile
Lodge Leaders Are Like Athletes
Low Expectations Limits Potential
Masonic Appellations, and Pre and Post Nominals
Masonic Education – when is good, good enough?
Masonic Virtues - Masonic Attributes
Masters' Messages
Master's Message - The Worry Tree, Christmas Message Dec 2011
Master's Message - 15 years of Masonic service denied ! July 2006
Master's Message - Achievments at Lodge Devotion 2012-2014
Master's Message - Can Do attitude, March 2015
Master's Message - Charity
Master's Message - Devotion and success, Installation 2010
Master's Message - Dreams of Ambition & Funrun, Oct 2012
Master's Message - Everybody, Somebody, Anybody & Nobody. Installaiton, Aug 2018
Master's Message - Fortieth Birthday
Master's Message - Grand Master Visits Lodge Devotion, Feb 2014
Master's Message - How to Learn Masonic Ritual, Feb 2017
Master's Message - Masonic Values in Indonesia
Master's Message - Membership & Friendship
Master's Message - More from the Master - Making Good Men Better. Sept 2018
Master's Message - Review and our Lodge's Reputation, Sept 2018
Master's Message - Sir William Clarke, September 2012
Master's Message - Table Lodge
Master's Message - The Quiet Brother, May 2019
Master's Message - The Strength of Lodge Devotion & Lodges under threat, July 2012
Master's Message – The Tranquility of Lodge, March 2008
Masters' Messages from Other Lodges
Thoughts from an outgoing Master
Master’s Message – Alcohol, Dec 2018
Master’s Message; - Various and Vale Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Vaughan Ellsworth Werner, Jan 2020
Mens' Health
2017 Men's Health Week
Mens' Health - Movember at Lodge Devotion in 2009
Mens' health through the eyes of a reluctant patient
Mens' Health – Crowns on Teeth
Mens’ Health - Man up – with cream...
Modern management & meeting places
Nebraska’s Return to Proficiency (April 2019)
On Don's July Diary and the dilemma of Truth
Our Worshipful Masters - Qualified and Able ?
Past Masters and Heretics.
Past Masters Friend or Foe
People Can’t Join Freemasonry If They’ve Never Heard Of It
Podcast - Fail Fast, Fail Small and Fail Forward
Positioning For Change By Fostering Inclusion And Debate.
Pythagorean Triangle 3 : 4 : 5
Quotes on Leadership
Reflections of a Mason's Wife
Rehearsals
Repaying a Very Old Debt
Report on Feb and March 2019; Two Important Meetings
Role of Deacons in a Degree
Why do Deacons carry wands ?
Ruffians, our Brothers
Sailing in the Second Degree
SEVEN BLUNDERS OF THE MASONIC WORLD
Silence Please
Sitting in Lodge
Some Famous Non-Australian Freemasons
Brother Emmanuel Lewis ( aka “Webster”)
Brother Lionel Richie
Vale Brother Donald Jay Rickles
Stewards are more than Masonic Waiters
Success & Inspiration can be in small actions & a lot of inedible T.O.F.U.
Success needs Succession - Passing the Baton
Table Lodge - Ceremony of the Seven Toasts
A few notes on the Table Lodge – the Saints John
Cannon v Cannons
Devotion’s 2016 Table Lodge Meeting
Table Lodge (almost) set up
Vivat ! Vivat ! Vivat !
Talk to your Brothers
The Blessings of Affluence and Generosity
The Cathedral Builders . . . by the Lighthouse Beam
The Cringe Factor
The Desiderata
The Forget Me Not flower – a growing myth
The Four Cardinal Virtues
The Future is the Present
The Gift of Yourself - A Christmas Story
The Importance of having a "Why" for Freemasons & Lodges
The Importance of The Dissenting Voice and the Chaordic Path
The Importance of the Lodge Education Officer. Part 1.
The Lesson of Friendship
The Lewis
The Monkeys And The Banana
The Old Masters Wages
The Rite of Circumambulation
The Tao of Masonry: Unexpected Jewels (Doing something is better than reading about it)
The Trust Tree
The Zone of Progress - getting “The Emotional Temperature” just right.
Three Rosettes of a Master Masons' Apron
Titles and Their Seekers
Towards A New Golden Age of Masonry
Trying to use Evidence to Evaluate Lodge Mergers
Tyler's Toast
Unexpected Pizza Night & PTSD
Victorian Freemasons on TV -Channel 31
Victorian High Country Huts Association
2017 VHCHA Calendar
Victorian High Country Huts Association CALENDAR 2011
Victorian High Country Huts Association Calendar-2012
Victorian High Country Huts Association Calendar-2016
Visiting
Was the Smith Family Charity Founded by Freemasons at Christmas?
1932 Book; The Smith Family, Its work and story 1932
1935: Memorandum of Association of THE SMITH FAMILY JOYSPREADERS and Articles of Association of THE SMITH FAMILY JOYSPREADERS 1935 00206B9B9BA8160208064107.pdf
Baulkham Hills seems an epicentre of Masonic Benevolance. Masonic Orphan Schools, William Thompson Masonic School
CONSTITUTION of the SMITH FAMILY JOYSPREADERS UNLIMITED (undated, probably pre 1935))
Looking at Newspaper Sources
Looking for Early Books, Documents & Writting on the Smith Family, Pre WW2
Looking for Information on the Smith Family and the Freemasons
The Five; The Smith Family was founded in 1922 by five NSW Freemasons
The Five; Wikipedia as the sources of names; Rupert Cropley, Benjamin Drummer, HB Carrington, JG Bannerman and LC Packer
March 2016 UPDATE on Bros Cropley, Drummer, Carrington, Bannerman and Packer - all Freemasons
Thinking About MR. A. W. FLEMING. The Smith Family Founded in NZ and another name...
What happens at a Masonic Lodge Meeting ?
What Makes a Lodge ?
Where Did They All Go?
Whither are we travelling?
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?
Wise Words Quotes
Quotes from Eric Hoffer, Moral and Social Philosopher
Write your name into the History of Freemasonry
You must be the change
Famous Australian Freemasons
Large List of Notable and Famous Australian Freemasons
Biographies and Articles on Famous Australian Freemasons
2018, February - Three “new” Masonic VC’s, some recent research breakthroughs
A Melbourne Cup Special – Bro Tommy Woodcock
Bro Major Frederick Harold Tubb VC (1881 - 1917)
Brother Captain Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar (1893-1932)
Brother Sir Redmond Barry (1813-1880)
Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird VC, MG (1981-2013) Victoria Cross Winner
Early Television in Melbourne; Vale Bro Ron Blaskett (1922-2018) who gave life to the Gerry Gee Doll
Famous Australian Freemasons – Brother Sir "Reg" Ansett KBE
Four Star Australian Freemason Chief Marshall Sir Frederick Scherger
Masonic Cyclists & Bike Riding (Hubert Opperman)
Phillip Blashki, Blashki Masonic Regalia
VCs; Currey, Joynt, & Cartwright - Beginning the 100 Day Offensive
William Dunstan VC, Naval and Military Lodge 49
Suggested names needing further evidence, without further evidence currently being found
Suggested names needing further research
Grape, Grain and Belly
Food for Freemasons & Non-Freemasons Alike
Antipasto Platter
Athole Brose Recipe
Georgina's Cream of Carrot and Tomato Soup
Scallops Bordeaux style
Tia Maria Ice Cream
On The Grapevine (articles about wine)
Cellaring Wine
Champagne; "The Taste of the Stars"
Delicious Facts About Wine
Exploring Victorian Wine
Exploring Victorian Wine - The Yarra Valley Wine Region
Muscats and Tokays of North-East Victoria
Festive cocktails
Fortified Wines – Part I & II
French Wine Labels
French Wine Regions and their Grape Varieties and Wines
Global warming and the impact on wines
Margaret River WA Wine Region
McLaren Vale South Australia Wine region - where the vines meet the sea
Oak Aging and Wine
Rumand its importance in the British and Dominion Naval and Military services
Seppelt and Best’s of Great Western
The Barossa Valley
The Clare Valley South Australia
Will the thirsty Chinese dragon save the Australian wine drop?
Wine and the impacts of high alcohol levels
Wine closures -to cork or not to cork: that is the question?
Wine Education - Tasting
Wine Education - Terroir & Grape varieties
Wine Education - The structure of a wine
Wine Inspired Quotations
Wine Rating Systems
Wine, Resveratrol & your health
Wines for Special Occasions Celebrations Dinners
The Froth Blowers Files (articles about beer)
Aging beer - are you serious?
Beer Varieties (& Food)
Premium Boutique Beers
Masonic Buildings - Articles, Editorials and Histories
Masonic Buildings
Masonic Buildings - Abandoned Masonic Temple
Masonic Buildings - Alexandra Masonic Centre (and Albert Edward Lodge No. 59 UGLV (1291 EC)))
Masonic Buildings - Brunswick Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Camberwell Masonic Centre Sold (late Nov 2014)
Masonic Buildings - Capital Theatre Bendigo & Sept Quarterly 2011
Masonic Buildings - Collingwood Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Commonwealth Lodge 186 UGLV & Mirboo North Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Creswick Havilah Lodge No 26 & its Building
Virtual Tour - Crewswick Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Daylesford Masonic Centre & its Craft Lodge
Masonic Buildings - Emulation Hall, 3 Rochester Road Canterbury, Victoria
Masonic Buildings - Canterbury Masonic Centre is Lost. (around Sept 2014)
Masonic Buildings - Gippsland - Coal Creek Community Park & Museum; Lodge Evolution’s visit
Coal Creek Masonic Room Closed
Masonic Buildings - Gippsland - Korumburra
Masonic Buildings - Hobart Masonic Centre Tasmania
Hobart Masonic Centre - Internal detail, masonic plaques and masonic lodge honour boards
Hobart Masonic Centre - Rennie Lodge Room
Hobart Masonic Centre - The Cummins Lodge Room
Hobart Masonic Centres - Foundation Stones and Company Plaque
Masonic Buildings - Mansfield Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Photograph of Ararat Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Prahran Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Queenscliff Masonic Centre & Cosmopolitan Lodge No 96 UGLV
Honour Boards in the Queenscliff Masonic Centre
Masonic Buildings - Ringwood Masonic Centre, A History
Masonic Buildings - South Melbourne and the District Grand Lodge of Victoria
Masonic Buildings - Walhalla Lodge No 69 and its building
The Town of Walhalla, Victoria Australia
Walhalla Long Tunnel Mine Victoria Australia
Walhalla Public Cemetery
Masonic Buildings - Williamstown Masonic Centre
Visit to Launceston Masonic Centre, Tasmania
Masonic Buildings - Opinions and Editorials
Building(s of) the Future – is the patient cured or just treated? Management is Key..
Masonic Buildings & The Productivity Commission Research
Masonic Buildings - $100,000 for Freemasonry and rethinking Old Models.
Masonic Buildings - $250,000 for Freemasonry and rethinking Old Models
Masonic Buildings - Did Anyone Notice that Freemasonry is no more in Boroondara ?
Masonic Buildings - Fraud and Theft from Freemasons by Freemasons
Masonic Buildings - Historical Millstones
Masonic Buildings - Return on Investment
Masonic Buildings - Staging Post Pubs and Freemasonry
Masonic Buildings - Use it or loose it
Masonic Buildings – Making the most of what you’ve got...
Prahran Masonic Centre - Is the State Government killing our buildings?
Open House Melbourne
Open Houses Melbourne 2013 - Mission to the Seafarers & St Peter the Mariner Chapel
Open Houses Melbourne 2015 at CMC
Displays in the South
OHM - Tweet Tweet
Open Houses Melbourne 2016 at CMC; 1,000th OHM Visitor
Open Houses Melbourne 2019 - Masonic Connections
Masonic History and Things Historic
A Concise History of Freemasonry
A Masonic Charge from 1796 A.D.
A Masonic Charge from 1843 A.D. - Charge at Closing
A Time-line of Australian Masonic History
Antient Charges of a Freemason under UGLV’s Constitution
Articles related to Freemasonry and military history
Australasian No 1 Lodges - History
Australia Felix No. 1 Our History
Lodge Australia Felix’s Historic Trowel
Centenary Jewel 1989 - Letter from RWBro Allan Paull OAM, PJGW
Freemasonry Beginnings in Australia
Freemasonry in Rutherglen & Rutherglen Lodge No. 188
Freemasonry's Grand Masters in the State of Victoria
Freemasons (sort of) Opened the Sydney Harbour Bridge
GOULD'S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ~ FREEMASONRY IN AUSTRALASIA TASMANIA and New Zealand, VICTORIA
Happy St Patrick's Day & a Glimpse at Irish Freemasonry
Names of all Masonic Craft Lodges known in Victoria Australia, United Grand Lodge Victoria (UGLV)
Question on Monash Lodge UGLV
Research & Masonic Genealogy
Some Australian Jewish Masonic History
Supreme Order of The Holy Arch
The Baal's (Ball's) Bridge Square 1507 A.D.
The Carringbush Hotel aka "The Friendly Societies Hotel", July 2015 Meeting
Eons ago, we used to go to the Carringbush Hotel (Friendly Societies Hotel Menu)
The Cup of Brotherly Love
The Dew Drop Lecture
The First Decade, 1839 to 1849
The First Reformer of the Craft
The H.O. Studley Tool Cabinet – Magnificent Masonic Masterpiece
The King and the Craft
United Grand Lodge Victoria's First 7 Lodges Established
Why is it called the "United” Grand Lodge of Victoria ?
Masonic Music Related Articles
Contemplations comprising the words of Lodge Odes
History of Golden Fleece Orchestra
Masonic Lodge Songs
Submit your Lodges' Vistors Song
Pipe Organ in the Masonic Building in Goulburn Victoria
Pipe Organ once in Freemasons Hall Collins Street Melbourne
Images of Pipe Organs Wanted
SOME WANDERING ( AND LOST ) PIPE ORGANS IN MELBOURNE, ORGANISTS, FAMOUS MUSICIANS AND MASONIC CONNECTIONS.
The value and meaning of music within Freemasonry
Masonic Poetry
Other Lodges, Orders and Fraternaties and Sororities
Masonic Orders Worked by Victorian Masons
Other organisational charts of Masonic Orders worked in Victoria
Non-Masonic Fraternal Orders
AOFB - Froth blowers (A.O.F.B.)
RAOB - The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
RAOB Hall, town of Kingscote on Kangaroo Island South Australia
Non-Masonic Sororities
The P.E.O. Sisterhood
Other Masonic Lodges
A Short History of Albert Edward Lodge, No 59
Cosmopolitan Lodge No 96 UGLV
List of Alumni Lodges under UGLV
Lodge Devotion No.160 F&AM Kentucky
LODGE OF AUSTRALIA FELIX No 1 UGLV
Lodge of the Golden Fleece No. 300 UGLV
Lodge of Transition Number 0 UGLV
Lodge Victoria Cross # 928 UGLNSW&ACT
Memorial Wall - Zetland Masonic Lodge UGLV
Prince Charles Edward Stuart Lodge No 1745 UGLNSW&ACT
Robert Peter Dick No 794 UGLV
The Lodge of Concern 852 UGLV
Victorian Naval and Military Lodge # 49 UGLV - Shiny Jewels
William Dunstan VC, Naval and Military Lodge 49
Short articles for your Lodge summons or newsletter
AID AND ASSISTANCE
COVID-19
"Social" Distancing is out ! "Physical" Distancing is in !
A different take on Socially Isolating – Love
An Astronaut's Guide to Self Isolation
Isolation Opening Ritual
Masonic Moments; short items for contemplation and lodge newsletters and summons papers
Masonic Trivia
Masonic Building Chicago; the world's tallest building from 1892 to 1894.
Non-Masonic Trivia - John ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill
Reflection on the Masonic Apron and a Mason’s character
Surveys & Polls
Best Night For Lodges to Meet
Double or single column newsletter format ?
How big should the file of an electronic newsletter be?
Survey on Masonic Lodge Web Sites
Videos
UGLV youtube channel
What is Freemasonry ?
Freemasonry Victoria
Freemason Foundation Victoria Ltd
Freemasonry Victoria Open Nights and Days
Freemasons Victoria's Social Media Policy
Grand Lodge Publications
Grand Lodge Annual Reports
Mission Statement
Royal Freemasons Homes
School Tutoring
Making a difference for sixty years
Victorian Grand Lodge Library and Museum
Why is it called the "United” Grand Lodge of Victoria ?
Gipps Street Abbotsford
Collingwood United Masonic Temple Trust – A Brief History
CMC Inc and C.U.M.T.T.
Happy 90th Birthday Collingwood Masonic Centre! (Foundation Stone Trowel)
Masonic Furniture Donations
A history preserved in name plates from 1929 dining chairs
Rough Alshar Returned - with thanks!
Hall Hire
Main Lodge Room
More Pictures
Improvements
Gipps St January Working Bee 2012 02
Gipps St Working Bee 2011 01
Gipps St Working Bee – Magnificent Men ! January 2014
January 2016 Working Bee
Parking and Travel
Second Lodge Room
Guest Book & Guest Book Form
Guest Book Form
Hints on using our web site
Masonic Links
Become a Shriner in Victoria, Australia
Seated to Standing. The Story of The Machine. (The Shriners)
Business
Filipino Freemasons Association of Victoria
Freemason Foundation Victoria Ltd
Links to Grand Lodges in Australia
Links to Regular Masonic Lodges in Victoria
Lodge and Masonic Centre Finder
Report Broken Links
The Blue Lounge Social Club (BLSC) – Overview
Two Masonic Motorcycle Associations
Victorian Districts Web Sites
Other Useful Melbourne Links
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