Provincial Grand Lodge of New South Wales papers, 1861-19 June 1867

DLMSQ 532

fonds

1861-1867

943005

1 volume of textual material (14 p.) - printed with manuscript annotations - 33 cm.

Following the establishment of several masonic lodges in rapid succession in New South Wales and Victoria, a Deputy Provincial Grand Master was appointed in 1839, with power to act for the Grand Lodge of England. The Provincial Grand Lodge of New South Wales was established in 1848 and in 1888 merged with the Provincial Grand Lodge of England and Scotland to form the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales. The Freemason's Orphan Society was one of the Benevolent Institutions of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New South Wales, with the object 'to maintain, clothe, educate, and if desirable, apprentice children or orphans of decayed or deceased Freemasons'

Various printed papers with manuscript amendments and annotations. Includes bye-laws of the Board of Benevolence of the Provincial Grand Lodge of New South Wales and proposed new laws of the Australian Freemason's Orphan Fund, the Benevolent Fund and the Provincial Grand Lodge of New South Wales

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room<br> -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.