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Why Do We Say "So Mote It Be?"
24 May 2024
Masons say ‘So Mote It Be’ at the end of a prayer. What is its origin? This expression really constitutes a ...
Ancient Charges and Regulations
23 May 2024
What are the Ancient Charges and Regulations? The ‘Old Charges’ are a number of parchment rolls or books dating between the ...
The 1st Grand Master
29 April 2024
The United Grand Lodge of Freemasons. The following article appeared in the Sydney Mail on September 22, 1888. The installation of His ...
THE VEGEMITE STORY
04 April 2024
Melbourne-born Fred Walker is probably not well known in masonic circles, but his products are known Australia-wide and overseas. Walker, a ...
HISTORY OF THE STAINED GLASS PANEL
26 March 2024
The stained glass panel In 1950, VW Bro Dr Alexander Hayward Parker, a local medical practitioner, called at the home of ...
The Enduring Connection of 'Auld Lang Syne' and Freemasonry: A Journey of Fraternal Bonds and Timeless Tradition
07 February 2024
Why does 'Auld Lang Syne' resonate so profoundly within Freemasonry? This globally recognized song, traditionally sung to bid farewell to ...
Who was Jackson?
31 January 2024
Sydney Harbour is acknowledged worldwide as one of the finer shipping facilities and sailing areas of inhabited nations. Sailing through the ...
A touch of history
30 January 2024
The name of 1st Lt George Leo Cantello is probably only known in the Sydney suburb of Hammondville where a ...
Good night, and may God bless
26 January 2024
Richard Bernard Skelton, better known as Red, was born 18 July 1913 in Vincennes, Indiana. He was the fourth son of ...
A sandstone city
25 January 2024
You don’t have to be a Freemason to be inspired by the magnificence of the sandstone buildings constructed by stonemasons ...
Famous mason: Sir Asher Joel
24 October 2023
A man of value Few men really become legends in their lifetime. Sir Asher Joel is one man who achieved that ...
ANZMRC and Harry Kellerman
23 October 2023
By VW Bro NW Morse There’s a Lodge Kellerman and a Kellerman Lectureship. Who was he, and what did he do ...
History lesson
05 October 2023
Railroad tracks are fascinating! The U.S. standard railway gauge i.e., the distance between the rails, is four feet, eight and ...
Louis Armstrong - About a Brother
04 October 2023
About a brother BIG CHEEKS. I bet you don’t know a personality who was known as ‘Big cheeks.’ Big cheeks, a ...
The Three Great Pillars
10 August 2023
Pillars or columns have always held a peculiar and important place in Freemasonry and are objects of great interest to ...
Who was Scott Fell?
31 August 2022
In a chapter from his coming book The Lodge above the Baker’s Shop, VW Bro Alan Gale tells the story ...