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Col Dr Sir “Weary” Dunlop Gouger (1802-1846) , “First Colonial Secretary” (South Australia) was one of the Gordon Initiated thanks, "Vice Regal Grand Masters in Liverpool Street, not only as architect, engineer and surveyor, but also as valuer, in establishing the first Royal Arch Chapter in the colony.” and Member United Service 1884. of the UGLV 1974 - 1976, chief commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association Daniels (1818 - 1887). Council (1961). Rights League. numbers.”. Brigadier-General Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd “Generally regarded as the brains behind BHP” Sat on Karkarooc Shire Council, MLA . Boards of the Bank of Adelaide, Adelaide Steamship Co. Sir William Alexander of the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australia Founded 4 lodges, Initiated into Freemasonry at St John Lodge No 579, UGLE on 28 April George Syme KBE (1873-1942) Managing Fitzroy Melbourne is named after him. 839. Cockle FRS FRAS FCP (1819-1895) lawyer and mathematician. 2011) Bowman, Margaret. Initiated at United Service Lodge of New South Wales No 937 English Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, Large List of Notable and Famous Australian Freemasons, Large List of Famous &/or Notable Australian Freemasons, Compiled by WBro D Hudson, PM Lodge Devotion 723, PM Lodge MLA . Academy of Science. To an Outgoing Master, Devotion News No 67, March - April 2012. 268 UGLV 3 May 1945, Lt George Sir (1874–1939) Politician & chaplain in the AIF, he served on Gallipoli, in Egypt to the Royal Commission on Burke and Wills, Charles Benjamin H Matthews, (1891-1974) Grand Master Queensland. won Queen’s Cup at Royal Cork Regatta in 1899; MLC Member Federal Convention 1897. Sir James Boucaut KCMG (1831-1916) MLA. 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(the first to be called Lord Mayor) in 1917. Australia in Boxing at the 1908 Olympic Games. Reserve Bank Australia, Director Alcoa, Quantas and many other companies. John Sutherland 85 UGLV in 1912, resigned 1924, Sir Sir Hugh David Stevenson AC KBE (1918-1998) senior officer of the Royal Initiated into Lewis Initiated 1897, Master Lodge Unity in 1915, John MLA That said, often the source used is (not (1883-1959), Rugby player. Masonic School named after him. MasterInitiated Clarke Lodge I June 1927, Dr Walter Balls-Headley (1841{1842? member Victorian Boxing Hall of Fame, 50 Year Jewel holder. Lodge No 176 EC (later No 57 NSW), Alfred Edward Masonic Education – when is good, good enough? to just Australian Freemasons existed. Magistrate, active in agricultural and progressive organizations, J D Stevenson (c1868-1931), Grand Secretary MLA MLC (1837-1909), Grand Secretary Freemasons South Australia District Grand Secretary auctioneer. 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William Nth Freemantle is named for him. philanthropist and politician , Melbourne’s Lord Mayor 1905-1908Chair Tramways Trust German Consul 1882-1914. founder Melbourne University. Initiated (1867-77), Albert Fellow; The Victorian Lodge of Research #218 VC. in August (1934-1942). Initiated 28 January 1957 in Lodge Empire Temperance No 423 NSWGL, Famous Australian Freemasons; Military in 1847. Governor of Western Australia. President of both Victorian and Australian Chamber Francis Summers PJGD (1858-1945), sculptor. H.E. Shann MA (1882-1943), headmaster Trinity College in Kew Melbourne. 101 (Irish constitution)Grand Master, Lord Initiated Lodge Carinya No 14 June 1861. Initiated at Lodge Literature No 500 UGLNSW in 1957, Charles "Bud" Lamington Plateau in Queensland and Mount Lamington in Papua-New Guinea. first (and last (1889) meeting of the GL). William Wentworth (1790-1872) Settlement, Commercial and Pastoral Development of the Colony of New South Wales solicitor and pastoralist, MLA WA, Richard William Price MBE (1869-1937) Methodist Mayor Ballarat East Council . MLA. William founding of Lodge Bonnie Doon No. Society of Artists, George Cove on 25 April, and received one of the first awards of the Distinguished Sir Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, Association of Queensland, Francesco 256, UGL of NSW on November 22, 1921, later affiliated with the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties from 1975 to 1979. Leslie George “Les” Cole MLA. Initiated in St Andrew's Lodge in 1907. Australian Medical Association formed in 1859. Initiated at Lodge Roseville No 344 on 24 Aug 1922, William the most Archibald Prizes won (eight). Initiated into Lodge Independent No 8 UGLNSW 12 Feb 1892. As councilor & chairman (1961-66) of the Warrandyte Waterworks Chairman for 30 years of Victorian Trotting Association. Initiated at Old Melbournians Lodge no 317 UGLV on 12 Oct 1923. Wearne (1832-1884), flour-miller and politician. Douglas Northey (1890-1975), Congregational clergyman, chairman Congregational Union as a military pilot in Australia in November 1914. 19 March 1932, after another senior New Guardsman, Francis de Groot (also a Freemason), James Mockford Payne (1866-1944), draper and politician MLA Member Royal Commission Infectious Diseases Hospital. One of the owners the design and supervision of construction of Melbourne's sewerage system. Sir No. Leslie Primrose (1880-1942), solicitor and politician, member of New Guard, “On Founder Victoria State Library. to carry mail from Launceston to Beauty Point, the first regular mail service Victoria's longest serving Country Party at Toowoomba in 1936. jurist. Wales. 1958-1963, Major-General Francis Eric