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Title: Famous Australian Freemasons
Post by: Christian40 on December 04, 2011, 03:05:34 am
Edmund Barton

First Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, Speaker of the legislative assembly, Australian Lodge of Harmony No 556 (EC).
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. Barton's greatest contribution to Australian history was his management of the federation movement through the 1890s. Elected at the inaugural 1901 federal election, Barton resigned from the position of Prime Minister of Australia in 1903 and became a judge of Australia's High Court.

Sir Donald Bradman

Australian Cricketer, Lodge Tarbolton, No 12
Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908—25 February 2001) was an Australian cricketer, acknowledged by many as the greatest batsman of all time. Later in his career he was an administrator and writer on the game. Bradman is one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes and one of the most respected past players in other cricketing nations. His career Test batting average of 99.94 is by many measures the greatest statistical performance in any major sport.

Graham Kennedy

AO Australian Television personality, Lodge of St Kilda, 1955
Graham Cyril Kennedy, AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian radio, television and film performer and "The King" of Australian television. Kennedy was a pioneer of Television in Australia, hosting the variety programme In Melbourne Tonight for thirteen years. He then went on to host the game show, Blankety Blanks, still one of the worlds highest rating game shows. He was King of Moomba, inducted into the Logie’s Television Awards Hal of fame in 1988 and is fondly remembered by many as “the King of Television”.

Sir Robert Menzies

AO 12th Prime Minister of Australia, Austral Temple Lodge No. 110, VC
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), was the twelfth Prime Minister of Australia. His second term saw him become Australia's longest continually serving Prime Minister, at sixteen years. He had a rapid rise to power as Prime Minister at the 1940 election. A year later, his government was brought down by MPs crossing the floor. He spent eight years in opposition, during which he founded the Liberal Party. He was re-elected Prime Minister at the 1949 elections and dominated Australian politics until his retirement in 1966. Menzies was renowned as a brilliant speaker, both on the floor of Parliament and on the hustings; his speech "The forgotten people" being an example of his oratory skills.

Sir William McMahon

20th Australian Prime Minster, Lodge University of Sydney, No 544
Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988). 20th Prime Minister of Australia, had practised in Sydney with "Allen, Allen and Hemsley", the oldest law firm in Australia. In 1940 he joined the Army, but because of a hearing loss he was confined to staff work. In 1951 Prime Minister Robert Menzies made him Minister for Air and Minister for the Navy. Over the next 15 years he held the portfolios of Social Services, Commerce and Agriculture and Labour and National Service. When Prime Minister John Gorton resigned during a leadership challenge in 1971, McMahon succeeded him as leader and Prime Minister. When he resigned from office he had been a minister continuously for 21 years and 6 months, a record in the Australian Parliament.

Sir Hubert Opperman

World's Fastest Bicyclist in 1930s; Governement Minister; High Commissioner to Malta, Stonnington Lodge, No 368.
Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman OBE (29 May 1904 - 24 April 1996), was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim. Hubert Opperman rode a bicycle from the age of eight, when he was a Post Office messenger, until his 90th birthday. After the war Opperman joined the Liberal Party of Australia and in 1949 was elected to the Parliament of Australia for the Victorian electorate of Corio. He served in parliament for 17 years. He became the Government Whip in 1955. Between December 1963 and December 1966 he was Minister for Immigration and oversaw a relaxation of conditions for the entry of people of mixed descent and a widening of eligibility criteria for entry by well-qualified people into Australia. After his retirement from politics in 1967 he was appointed as Australia's first High Commissioner to Malta, where he remained for 5 years.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

Aviator who was first to cross the Pacific from the US to Brisbane. Lodge Gascoyne, No 62.
Air Commodore Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, MC, AFC (February 9, 1897 - November 8, 1935) was a well-known early Australian aviator. In 1928, he made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia. He also made the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States. He also made a flight from Australia to London, and set up a new record of 10.5 days. The major airport of Sydney, located in the suburb of Mascot was named Kingsford Smith International Airport in his honour.

From:
http://www.freemasonsvic.net.au/OurHistory/FamousAustralianFreemasons.aspx


Title: Re: Famous Australian Freemasons
Post by: Christian40 on December 04, 2011, 03:13:36 am
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8015/katter20swan20freemason.jpg)

Here's politician Bob Katter and his friend Wayne Swan (Deputy Prime Minister) exchanging a secret freemason's handshake, and to top it all of... Check out Swans cuff links!



Title: Re: Famous Australian Freemasons
Post by: Christian40 on December 28, 2011, 02:56:58 am
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5392/vatican3710.jpg)

Hyde Park Obelisk, Sydney, Australia (built in 1857)

More Obelisks here:

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vatican/esp_vatican37.htm