Masonic Lodges in Victoria pre 1889
and
Foundation Lodges of The United Grand Lodge Victoria

This page has a list of Masonic Lodges founded in Victoria before the United Grand Lodge of Victoria was formed in 1889.

Lodges under United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE)

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Australia Felix

Original Lodge Number(s): 697 EC then 474 EC 

Founded: 2-4-1841

Meeting place(s): 

• Mr. Purve's Large Room, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1840.

• Masonic Lodge Rooms, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1860.

• St. Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1862.

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1869.

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1886.

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Australia Felix No. 1

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Australasia

Original Lodge Number(s): 773 EC  then 530 EC 

Founded: 4-7-1846

Meeting place(s): 

• Melbourne, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1846.

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1869.

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886.

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Australasia Lodge No. 3

Original Lodge Name: Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence

Original Lodge Number(s): 801 EC  then 545 EC 

Founded: 13-10-1847

Meeting place(s): 

• Royal Hotel, Yarra Street, Geelong (Grant), Victoria, Australia 1848.

• Royal Hotel, Malop Street, Geelong (Grant), Victoria, Australia 1849.

• Masonic Hall, Union Street, Geelong (Grant), Victoria, Australia 1850.

• Masonic Hall, Malop Street, Geelong (Grant), Victoria, Australia 1872.

• Masonic Hall, Yarra Street, Geelong (Grant), Victoria, Australia 1887.

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence No. 5

Original Lodge Name: Portland Lodge of Victoria

Original Lodge Number(s): 841 EC  then 576 EC 

Founded: 19-6-1850

Meeting place(s): 

• Lamb Inn, Portland (Normanby), Victoria, Australia 1854

• Masonic Hall, Percy Street, Portland (Normanby), Victoria, Australia 1879

Comments:  (from Lane's Masonic Records, Warrant of Constitution:19 June 1850 Cons. 9 Oct. 1854 Notes (1):[Delay in receiving Warrant].)

Added to UGLV Roll as: Portland Lodge of Victoria No. 6

Original Lodge Name: St Kilda Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 917 EC  then 634 EC 

Founded: 15-5-1854

Meeting place(s): 

• Royal Hotel, Esplanade, St. Kilda (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1854

• Pitt's Hotel, Robe Street, St. Kilda (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1862

Comments: (From Lanes Masonic Records, Lapsed before 1882.) Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Hobson's Bay Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 921 EC  then 638 EC 

Founded: 31-7-1854

Meeting place(s): 

• Hobson's Bay, Hobson's Bay [now Williamstown] (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1854

Comments: Amalgamated 14-10.1862 (From Lanes Masonic Records, Lapsed before 1882. Erased 5 June 1889).

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Golden Lodge of Bendigo (Then renamed to Golden and Corinthian in 1872)

Original Lodge Number(s): 924 then 641

Founded: 24-10-1854

Meeting place(s): 

Golden and Corinthian Lodge of Bendigo No 924 EC then 641 EC

• Sandhurst Hotel, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1854

• Freemasons' Hall, Myer Street, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1860

• Freemasons' Hall, View Street, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1880

Comments: Golden And Corinthian since amalgamating in 1872 when Golden Lodge of Bendigo 641 & Corinthian Lodge No. 770 merged.

Added to UGLV Roll as: Golden and Corinthian Lodge No. 7

Original Lodge Name: Mount Alexander Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 993 EC  then 692 EC 

Founded: 3-12-1856

Meeting place(s): 

• Imperial Hotel, Castlemaine (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1856

• Criterion Hall, Castlemaine (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1863

Added to UGLV Roll as: Mount Alexander Lodge No. 8

Original Lodge Name: Yarrowee Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1015 EC  then 713 EC 

Founded: 25-8-1857

Meeting place(s): 

Comments: Amalgamated in 1869. 16/04/2012 Amalgamated. with Ballarat Lodge No. 114 to become Ballarat-Yarrowee Lodge No. 10

Added to UGLV Roll as: Yarrowee Lodge No. 10

Original Lodge Name: Yarra Yarra Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1016 EC  then 714 EC 

Founded: 25-8-1857

Meeting place(s): 

• Golden Gate Hotel, Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill [now South Melbourne] (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1857

• Myrtle Hotel, Emerald Hill [now South Melbourne] (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1870

• Golden Gate Hotel, Clarendon Street, Emerald Hill [now South Melbourne] (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1884

Comments: Meeting Places needs further investigation in relation to their own building in South Melbourne.

Added to UGLV Roll as: Yarra Yarra Lodge No. 11

Original Lodge Name: Mount Franklin of Hiram Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1018 EC  then 716 EC 

Founded: 2-10-1857

Meeting place(s): 

• Masonic Hall, Daylesford (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1857

Comments: Mount Franklin-St. George Lodge since 1943

Added to UGLV Roll as: Mount Franklin of Hiram Lodge No. 12

Original Lodge Name: Ballarat Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1019 EC  then 717 EC 

Founded: 2-10-1857

Meeting place(s): 

• Ballarat, Ballarat (Grenville), Victoria, Australia 1857

Comments: Amalgamated in 1869

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Boroondara Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1020 EC then 718 EC

Founded: 2-10-1857

Meeting place(s): 

• Lodge Rooms, Hawthorn (Bourke), Victoria, Australia, 1857. 

• Sir Robert Nickle Hotel, Hawthorn (Bourke), Victoria, Australia, 1863.

Comments: Lapsed prior to 1882. Erased 5 June 1889.

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Admiral Collingwood Lodge (Renamed from Collingwood Lodge in Feb 1886)

Original Lodge Number(s): 1029 EC then 727 EC

Founded: 1-12-1857 (Warrant of Constitution: 1 Dec. 1857 Cons. 3 Nov. 1856)

Meeting place(s): 

• Swan Hotel, Gertrude Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1856

• Lodge Rooms, Fitzroy (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1862

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1869

• Freemasons Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Renamed from Collingwood Lodge in Feb 1886

Added to UGLV Roll as: Admiral Collingwood Lodge No. 13

Original Lodge Name: Collingwood Lodge (Renamed as Admiral Collingwood Lodge in Feb 1886)

Original Lodge Number(s): 1029 EC then 727 EC

Founded: 1-12-1857 (Warrant of Constitution: 1 Dec. 1857 Cons. 3 Nov. 1856)

Meeting place(s): 

• Swan Hotel, Gertrude Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1856

• Lodge Rooms, Fitzroy (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1862

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1869

• Freemasons Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Became Admiral Collingwood Lodge Feb 1886

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Beechworth Lodge of St. John

Original Lodge Number(s): 1030 EC then 728 EC

Founded: 1-12-1857

Meeting place(s): 

• Eldorado Tavern, High Street, Beechworth (Bogong), Victoria, Australia 1857

• Freemasons' Hall, Loch Street, Beechworth (Bogong), Victoria, Australia 1860

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Beechworth Lodge of St. John No. 14

Original Lodge Name: Meridian St. John Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1031 EC then 729 EC

Founded: 1-12-1858 (Lanes Masonic Record has 1 Dec 1857)

Meeting place(s): 

• Lodge Rooms, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1857

• St. Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1863

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1869

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Tendered allegiance in 1890, returned Warrant1898 (Nil mention of 1898 in Lanes Masonic Records that reports "Erased 4 June 1890.")

Added to UGLV Roll as: Meridian St. John Lodge No. 152

Original Lodge Name: United Tradesmen's Lodge of Ballarat East ("United Tradesmen's Lodge" 

Original Lodge Number(s): 1046 EC then 744 EC

Founded: 17-5-1858 (Warrant of Constitution: 17 May 1858 Cons. 8 Sept. 1857)

Meeting place(s): 

• Yarrowee Hotel, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 1857

• Exchange Hall, Bridge Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 1862

Comments: Amalgamated in 1869 (Lanes reports "United with " Yarrowee Lodge," No. 713 [No. 1015 of 25 August 1857], in 1869."

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Mackenzie Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1047 EC then 745 EC

Founded: 17-5-1858

Meeting place(s):

• Lodge Rooms, Maldon (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1858

• Lodge Rooms, Vaughan (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1864

• Mechanics' Institute, Newstead (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1873

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Mackenzie Lodge No. 15

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Industry

Original Lodge Number(s): 1048 EC then 746 EC

Founded: 17-5-1858

Meeting place(s): 

Comments: Amalgamated with " Excelsior Lodge" No. 1117 [24 May 1866], in 1874

Added to UGLV Roll as: Excelsior Lodge of Industry No. 16

Original Lodge Name: Mariners Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1049 EC then 747 EC

Founded: 17-5-1858

Meeting place(s): 

• Lodge Rooms, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1858

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1881

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Became Melbourne Lodge in 1890 (Added to UGLV as Melbourne Lodge, Lane's says "Erased 5 June 1889." recording the name "Melbourne Lodge", Earlier Lodge Name (1): Mariners' Lodge )

Added to UGLV Roll as: Melbourne Lodge No. 17

Extra comment the above needs checking. Thornton's 1890 for the rename does not add up as UGLE had it as Mariners Lodge renamed to Melbourne Lodge with Erasure from UGLE on 5 June 1889 as Melbourne Lodge.

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Mount Macedon

Original Lodge Number(s): 1050 EC then 748 EC

Founded: 17-5-1858

Meeting place(s): 

Comments: Lodge of St George in1883, St George Lodge in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: St. George Lodge No. 18

Original Lodge Name: Combermere Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1054 EC then 752 EC

Founded: 2-7-1858

Meeting place(s): 

• Earl of Zetland Hotel, Stanley Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1858

• Grace Darling Hotel, Smith Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1861

• Swan Hotel, Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1861

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1868

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Still Combermere Lodge No 752 UGLE

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Sandridge Marine Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1070 EC then 768 EC

Founded: 21-12-1858 (Warrant of Constitution: 21 Dec. 1858 Cons. 9 July 1858)

Meeting place(s): Masonic Hall, Stoke Street, Sandridge [now Port Melbourne] (Bourke), Victoria,

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Sandridge Marine Lodge No. 21

Original Lodge Name: Maryborough Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1071 EC then 769 EC

Founded: 21-12-1858 (Warrant of Constitution: 21 Dec. 1858 Cons. 17 Sept. 1858)

Meeting place(s): Masonic Hall, Old Court House, Maryborough (Talbot), Victoria, Australia

Comments: Lane's Masonic Records notes "Not in Lists 1869-1871, but reappears in 1872."

Added to UGLV Roll as: Maryborough Lodge No. 22

Original Lodge Name: Corinthian Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1072 EC then 770 EC

Founded: 21-12-1858

Corinthian Lodge  No 1072 then 770 EC

• Prince of Wales' Hotel, Sandhurst [now Bendigo] (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia 1858

• Bendigo Hotel, Sandhurst [now Bendigo] (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia 1862

• Freemasons' Hall, Myer Street, Sandhurst [now Bendigo] (Bendigo), Victoria, Australia 1864

Golden and Corinthian Lodge of Bendigo No 924 EC then 641 EC

• Sandhurst Hotel, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1854

• Freemasons' Hall, Myer Street, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1860

• Freemasons' Hall, View Street, Sandhurst [now Bendigo], Victoria, Australia 1880

Comments: Golden And Corinthian since amalgamating in 1872 when Golden Lodge of Bendigo & Corinthian Lodge No. 770 merged.

Added to UGLV Roll as: Golden and Corinthian Lodge No. 7

Comments: Amalgamated with Golden Lodge in 1872

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Concord

Original Lodge Number(s): 1064 EC then 782 EC

Founded: 13-11-1858

Meeting place(s):  Castlemaine, Castlemaine (Talbot), Victoria, Australia

Comments: Warrant returned 12 Jan 1865 (Lane's confirms, also noting Erased in 1869.)

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Richmond Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1093 then 791

Founded: 2-6-1859 (Warrant of Constitution: 2 June 1859 Cons. 13 Sept. 1859)

Meeting place(s): 

• Admiral Napier Hotel, Lonsdale Street East, Richmond (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1859

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1869

• Freemasons' Hall, Richmond (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1879

Comments: Stopped 25 Aug 1869, erased 1889 (Lane's Masonic Records reports Lapsed before 1888. Erased 5 June 1889.)

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Southern Cross Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1095 EC then 793 EC

Founded: 20-6-1859

Meeting place(s):

• Lodge Room, Tarrangower [now Maldon] (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1859

• Masonic Hall, Tarrangower [now Maldon] (Talbot), Victoria, Australia 1863

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Southern Cross Lodge No. 24

Original Lodge Name: Zetland Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1100 EC then 798 EC

Founded: 21-9-1859 (Warrant of Constitution: 21 Sept. 1859 Cons. 22 Feb. 1859)

Meeting place(s):

• Junction Hotel, Kyneton (Dalhousie), Victoria, Australia 1859

• Oddfellows' Hall, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia 1869

• Masonic Hall, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia 1881

• Manchester Unity Hall, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia 1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Zetland Lodge No. 25

Original Lodge Name: Creswick Havilah Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1101 EC then 799 EC

Founded: 21-9-1859 (Warrant of Constitution: 21 Sept. 1859 Cons. 13 June 1859)

Meeting place(s): 

• Anthony's American Hotel, Creswick (Talbot), Victoria, Australia

Comments:  

Added to UGLV Roll as: Creswick Havilah Lodge No. 26

Original Lodge Name: Heathcote Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1145 EC then 843 EC

Founded: 27-11-1860

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Heathcote Lodge No. 30

Original Lodge Name: Kent Lodge of East Collingwood

Original Lodge Number(s): 1147 EC then 845 EC

Founded: 27-11-1860

Meeting place(s):

• Grace Darling Hotel, Smith Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1860

• Sir Robert Peel Hotel, Smith Street, Collingwood (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1866

• Masonic Hall, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1875

• Freemasons' Hall, Collins Street East, Melbourne (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1886

Comments: Kent Lodge 1889, see No 370 IC

Added to UGLV Roll as: Kent Lodge No. 31

Original Lodge Name: Kilmore Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1148 EC then 846 EC

Founded: 27-11-1860

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Kilmore Lodge No. 32

Original Lodge Name: St. George's Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1187 EC then 885 EC

Founded: 24-10-1861

Meeting place(s):

Comments: At Merino

Added to UGLV Roll as: St. George's Lodge No. 33

Original Lodge Name: Morning Star Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1196 EC then 894 EC

Founded: 23-11-1861

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Mornington Lodge in 1864, erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: St. John's Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1197 EC then 895 EC

Founded: 23-11-1861

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Warrnambool Lodge of St. John in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: Warrnambool Lodge of St. John No. 34

Original Lodge Name: Aurora Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1217 EC then 915 EC

Founded: 24-4-1862

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Added to UGLV Roll as: Aurora Lodge No. 35

Original Lodge Name: Lowry Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1224 EC then 922 EC

Founded: 23-8-1862

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Brighton-Lowry Lodge on 1 Jan 1895.  20/09/1985 Amalgamated with City of Brighton Lodge NO. 504 to become Wallingford-Lowry Lodge No. 37.  13/10/1998 Name changed to The Brighton District Lodge No. 37

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lowry Lodge No. 37

Original Lodge Name: South Yarra Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1232 EC then 930 EC

Founded: 20-9-1862 (Warrant of Constitution: 20th September 1862. Consecrated 22nd December 1861)

Meeting place(s): New Bridge Hotel, Gardener's Creek Road, South Yarra (Bourke), Victoria, Australia 1861

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: South Yarra Lodge No. 38

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Euroka

Original Lodge Number(s): 987 EC

Founded: 23-10-1863

Meeting place(s): 

Comments: Euroka-Morning Star Lodge in 1904

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Euroka No. 44

Original Lodge Name: Grange Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1020 EC

Founded: 19-5-1864

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Grange Lodge No. 45

Original Lodge Name: Loddon Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1057 EC

Founded: 10-12-1864

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1912

Added to UGLV Roll as: Loddon No. 46

Original Lodge Name: Prince of Wales Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1058 EC

Founded: 25-3-1865

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Tendered allegiance in 1890, erased 30 June 1946. (There was EC 1058 and IC 434 Lodges both named "Prince of Wales Lodge")

Added to UGLV Roll as: Prince of Wales Lodge No. 146

Original Lodge Name: Millewa Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1059 EC

Founded: 25-3-1865

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Echuca Lodge of Advancement renamed Millewa Lodge in 1881

Added to UGLV Roll as: Millewa Lodge No. 47

Original Lodge Name: Alpine Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1078 EC

Founded: 24-11-1865

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Strathloddon Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s):1079 EC

Founded: 24-11-1865

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Duke of Sussex Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1080 EC

Founded: 24-11-1865

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Duke of Sussex Lodge No. 48

Original Lodge Name: Alexandra Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1115 EC

Founded: 24-5-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Victorian Naval and Military Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1116 EC

Founded: 24-5-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Victorian Naval and Military Lodge No. 49

Original Lodge Name: Excelsior Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1117 EC

Founded: 24-5-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Amalgamated with Industry 9-7-1873

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Leura Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1131 EC

Founded: 6-9-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Leura Lodge No. 50

Original Lodge Name: Gippsland Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1132 EC

Founded: 6-9-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Gippsland Lodge No. 51

Original Lodge Name: Zenith Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1133 EC

Founded: 6-9-1866

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Zenith Lodge No. 52

Original Lodge Name: Orion Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1153 EC

Founded: 22-2-1867

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Orion Lodge No. 53

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Unity

Original Lodge Number(s): 1202 EC

Founded: 20-11-1867

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Unity No. 54

Original Lodge Name: Eaglehawk Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1203 EC

Founded: 29-11-1868

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Eaglehawk Lodge No. 55

Original Lodge Name: Lempriere Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1243 EC

Founded: 14-11-1868

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Renamed Wahgunyah Lodge in 1894

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lempriere Lodge No. 56

Original Lodge Name: Prince Alfred Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1290 EC

Founded: 10-11-1869

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Prince Alfred Lodge No. 58

Original Lodge Name: Albert Edward Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1291 EC

Founded: 10-11-1869

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Albert Edward Lodge No. 59

Original Lodge Name: Standish Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1292 EC

Founded: 10-11-1869

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Standish Lodge No. 60

Original Lodge Name: Stewart Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1316 EC

Founded: 26-5-1870

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Renamed Stuart Lodge of St Arnaud in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: Stewart Lodge of St. Arnaud No. 61

Original Lodge Name: Union Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1317 EC

Founded: 26-5-1870

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Renamed Union Lodge of North Gippsland in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: Union Lodge of North Gippsland No. 62

Original Lodge Name: United Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1318 EC

Founded: 26-5-1870

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Bogong Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1370 EC

Founded: 27-8-1871

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Marangan Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1371 EC

Founded: 27-8-1871

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Marangan Lodge No. 64

Original Lodge Name: Wangaratta Lodge of St. John

Original Lodge Number(s): 1455 EC

Founded: 18-9-1873

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Wangaratta Lodge of St. John No. 66

Original Lodge Name: Port Fairy Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1456 EC

Founded: 18-9-1873

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Port Fairy Lodge No. 67

Original Lodge Name: St John the Baptist Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1518  EC

Founded: 21-11-1874

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Joined UGLV No 3

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Wannon Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1699 EC

Founded: 11-6-1877

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Wannon Lodge No. 68

Original Lodge Name: Walhalla Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1700 EC

Founded: 11-6-1877

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Walhalla Lodge No. 69

Original Lodge Name: Sincerity Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1701 EC

Founded: 11-6-1877

Meeting place(s):

Comments: Erased in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Wimmera Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1786 EC

Founded: 29-10-1878

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Wimmera Lodge No. 70

Original Lodge Name: Goulburn Valley Lodge of St George

Original Lodge Number(s): 1880 EC

Founded: 16-8-1880

Meeting place(s):

Comments: (in 2023/24 renamed Shepparton-Mooroopna Lodge)

Added to UGLV Roll as: Goulburn Valley Lodge No. 73

Original Lodge Name: Neptune Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1881 EC

Founded: 16-8-1880

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Neptune Lodge No. 74

Original Lodge Name: St. John's Lodge of Rochester

Original Lodge Number(s): 1882 EC

Founded: 16-8-1880

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: St. John's of Rochester Lodge No. 75

Original Lodge Name: Duke of Manchester Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 1968 EC

Founded: 4-5-1882

Meeting place(s):

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Duke of Manchester Lodge No. 76

Original Lodge Name: Victoria Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2009 EC

Founded: 24-7-1883

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Victoria Lodge No. 82

Original Lodge Name: Warrions Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2010 EC

Founded: 24-7-1883

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Warrions Lodge No. 83

Original Lodge Name: Marma Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2011 EC

Founded: 24-7-1883

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Marma Lodge No. 84

Original Lodge Name: Seymour Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2044 EC

Founded: 14-3-1884

Comments: Added to UGLV Roll as: Seymour Lodge No. 87

Original Lodge Name: Cosmopolitan Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2065 EC

Founded: 16-10-1884

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 96

Original Lodge Name: Morning Star Lodge of Stawell

Original Lodge Number(s): 2066 EC

Founded: 16-10-1884

Comments: 

Renamed Morning Star Lodge in 1889, Amalgamated 1904

Added to UGLV Roll as: Morning Star Lodge No. 95

Original Lodge Name: Romsey Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2079 EC

Founded: 3-12-1884

Comments: Several mergers, now Sunbury Macedon Ranges Lodge

Added to UGLV Roll as: Romsey Lodge No. 97

Original Lodge Name: The Clarke Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2080 EC

Founded: 3-12-1884

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: The Clarke Lodge No. 98

Original Lodge Name: Gordon Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2112 EC

Founded: 31-10-1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Gordon Lodge No. 99

Original Lodge Name: Rupanyup Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2112 EC

Founded: 21-6-1887

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Rupanyup Lodge No. 118

Original Lodge Name: Kerang Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2122 EC

Founded: 11-9-1884

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Kerang Lodge No. 100

Original Lodge Name: Gippsland Forest Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2123 EC

Founded: 12-9-1884

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Gippsland Forest Lodge No. 101

Original Lodge Name: Earl of Carnarvon Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2124 EC

Founded: 10-10-1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Earl of Carnarvon Lodge No. 102

Original Lodge Name: Yarrawonga Lodge of St. David

Original Lodge Number(s): 2125 EC

Founded: 10-11-1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Yarrawonga Lodge of St. David No. 103

Original Lodge Name: Rupertswood Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2126 EC

Founded: 10-11-1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Rupertswood Lodge No. 104

Original Lodge Name: Burnaby Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2141 EC

Founded: 2-3-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Burnaby Lodge No. 106

Original Lodge Name: Lowan Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2142 EC

Founded: 2-3-1886

Comments: ("The" seems to have been added to the name in 1889)

Added to UGLV Roll as: The Lowan Lodge No. 107

Original Lodge Name: The Orient Lodge of Lilydale

Original Lodge Number(s): 2143 EC

Founded: 2-3-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: The Orient Lodge of Lilydale No. 108

Original Lodge Name: Ionic Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2174 EC

Founded: 20-10-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Ionic Lodge No. 109

Original Lodge Name: Austral Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2175 EC

Founded: 20-10-1886

Comments: (renamed Austral Temple Lodge in 1898)

Added to UGLV Roll as: Austral Lodge No. 110

Original Lodge Name: Lord Carrington Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2176 EC

Founded: 20-10-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lord Carrington Lodge No. 111

Original Lodge Name: North Suburban Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2178 EC

Founded: 20-10-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: North Suburban Lodge No. 112

Original Lodge Name: Brighton Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2209 EC

Founded: 21-6-1887

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Brighton Lodge No. 120

Original Lodge Name: Star of the East Lodge of Omeo

Original Lodge Number(s): 2210 EC

Founded: 21-6-1887

Comments: Renamed Star of the East Lodge in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: Star of the East Lodge No. 116

Original Lodge Name: Albert Victor Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2211 EC

Founded: 21-6-1887

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Albert Victor Lodge No. 117

Original Lodge Name: Daylesford St. George Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2213 EC

Founded: 21-6-1887

Comments: 

Amalgamated 8 May 1943

Added to UGLV Roll as: Daylesford St. George Lodge No. 119

Original Lodge Name: Albert Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2247 EC

Founded: 14-2-1888

Comments: Renamed Temple Lodge in 1895. amalgamated 1898

Added to UGLV Roll as: Albert Lodge No. 123

Original Lodge Name: Shakespeare Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2248 EC

Founded: 14-2-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Shakespeare Lodge No. 124

Original Lodge Name: Jubilee Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2249 EC

Founded: 14-2-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Jubilee Lodge No. 125

Original Lodge Name: Caulfield Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2250 EC

Founded: 14-2-1888

Comments: Renamed Oakleigh Lodge 1 March 1911

Added to UGLV Roll as: Caulfield Lodge No. 126

Original Lodge Name: Alberton Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2251 EC

Founded: 14-2-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Alberton Lodge No. 127

Original Lodge Name: Natimuk Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2273 EC

Founded: 23-7-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Natimuk Lodge No. 129

Original Lodge Name: Werrigar Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2274 EC

Founded: 23-7-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Werrigar Lodge No. 128

Original Lodge Name: Duke of Brunswick Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2292 EC

Founded: 23-11-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Duke of Brunswick Lodge No. 132

Original Lodge Name: Sandiford Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2293 EC

Founded: 23-11-1888

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Sandiford No. 133

Original Lodge Name: Trentham Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2303 EC

Founded: 21-2-1889

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Trentham Lodge No. 130

Original Lodge Name: Mooroopna Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 2304 EC

Founded: 21-2-1889

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Mooroopna Lodge No. 131

Lodges under Grand Lodge of Scotland (SC or GLoS)

Original Lodge Name: Australasian Kilwinning Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 337 SC

Founded: 6-5-1843

Comments: In 2001, Amalgamated with Letchworth Lodge No 266 to form Letchworth Kilwinning Lodge No 2.

Added to UGLV Roll as: Australasian Kilwinning Lodge No. 2

Original Lodge Name: United Tradesmen's Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 366 SC

Founded: 2-5-1853

Comments: Ceased around 1880

Added to UGLV Roll as: N/A

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Judah

Original Lodge Number(s): 388 SC

Founded: 8-11-1858

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Judah No. 20

Original Lodge Name: St. Clair Lodge of Victoria

Original Lodge Number(s): 416 SC

Founded: 5-8-1861

Comments: St Clair in 1889, full title in 1961

Added to UGLV Roll as: St. Clair Lodge No. 43

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Australasia

Original Lodge Number(s): 492 SC

Founded: 3-5-1869

Comments: Australia Lodge in 1889, the Lodge of Australia

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Australia No. 57

Original Lodge Name: Waranga St. John's Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 529 SC

Founded: 3-2-1873

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Waranga St. John's Lodge No. 65

Original Lodge Name: New Province Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 578 SC

Founded: 7-2-1876

Comments: Sale Lodge 1887. Amalgamated 12 April 1889 (but with who ??)

Added to UGLV Roll as:  N/A

Original Lodge Name: Lodge of Emerald Hill

Original Lodge Number(s): 595 SC

Founded: 6-11-1876

Comments: Joined VC as "Emerald Hill Lodge". See VC No 5

Added to UGLV Roll as: Lodge of Emerald Hill No. 81

Original Lodge Name: Footscray St. John's Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 641 SC

Founded: 1-5-1879

Comments: Footscray St. John Lodge in 1889, but since reverted to Footscray St. John's Lodge. (B Rosan, secretary in 2024 says the warrant has "Footscray St. John's Lodge" on it, but without a number.

Added to UGLV Roll as: Footscray St. John Lodge No. 71

Original Lodge Name: Southern Cross Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 642 SC

Founded: 1-5-1879

Comments: Renamed to Windsor in 1889

Added to UGLV Roll as: Windsor Lodge No. 72

Original Lodge Name: Argyle Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 724 SC

Founded: 4-2-1885

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Argyle Lodge No. 105

Original Lodge Name: Ballarat Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): 733  SC

Founded: 4-11-1886

Comments: 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Ballarat Lodge No. 114

Original Lodge Name: Talmage Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): UD  SC

Founded:  ????

Comments:  Working Under Dispensation "UD", became Federal 11 Feb 1888

Added to UGLV Roll as: Federal Lodge No. 122

Original Lodge Name: Federal Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): UD  SC

Founded: 11-2-1888

Comments: Talmage: Working Under Dispensation "UD", became Federal 11 Feb 1888

Added to UGLV Roll as: Federal Lodge No. 122

Original Lodge Name: Loch Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): UD  SC

Founded: ???

Comments: "Amalgamated 1 Oct 1896" 

Added to UGLV Roll as: Loch Lodge No. 134

Original Lodge Name: Malvern Lodge

Original Lodge Number(s): UD  SC

Founded: ???

Comments: Working Under Dispensation "UD"

Added to UGLV Roll as: Malvern Lodge No. 121

Sources

This list was based on the one comprised in "The History of Freemasonry in Victoria"  By P.T. THORNTON (First published 1978). ISBN 0 9596128 0 7. Published by UGLV and printed by Shepparton News Papers Limited, Shepparton, Victoria.

John Lane’s Masonic Records 1717-1894 was used for EC Lodge Meeting Places. Lane's Masonic Records, version 2.0 (http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lane >, 2020). Published by The Digital Humanities Institute, University of Sheffield.

Over time, I intend to add additional information and will consider if and how to footnote that.

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WBro Damien Hudson, PM, Webmaster.