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2017 Installation

Worshipful Brother Barry Westphal was installed into the chair of King Solomon to instruct and employ the brethren of the Duke of Leinster for the ensuing year.
This year’s Duke of Leinster Installation was held on Wednesday, July 19 at the Stones Corner Freemason center.
The Lodge was very happy to welcome members of Theodore Unmack […]

July 20th, 2017|Installation|

Christmas party 2014

Brethren of the Duke of Leinster Lodge, ladies and friends celebrate at the Duke’s Christmas party. We wish all of our Brethren in other Lodges a very joyous and safe Christmas. We hope that this Christmas will be a cheerful ending to the year and a great beginning to a happy new one.

December 13th, 2014|Photo|

Bro Chris Potts raised to the sublime degree.

 
Congratulations to Brother Chris Potts of Duke of Leinster Lodge, raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason, October 15 2014 at Stones Corner Masonic Centre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 16th, 2014|3rd, Meeting|

The History of Irish Freemasonry and The Grand Lodge of Ireland

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is the second oldest in the world and the first evidence for its existence comes from the Dublin Weekly Journal of June 26th 1725. The paper describes an event which took place two days previously on June 24th – a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland to install […]

September 16th, 2014|History|

The Early Years

The preliminary meeting to erect a new lodge under the Irish Constitution in Queensland took place on 28 May 1864 which was attended by the following brethren: Thomas Vokes Dudgeon, Alexander Wilson, George Wilkinson, David Elliott and William Higginson. Thomas Vokes Dudgeon was voted to the chair and Bro Higginson was appointed Acting-Secretary.

The following […]

September 15th, 2014|History|

The Embossing Seal Press

The Duke’s trusty old Lodge seal is, understandably, showing signs of wear but it continues to stamp documents each month at the Duke of Leinster Lodge meetings.

The old Lodge seal conformed to article 161 of the Book of Constitutions comprising the Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of […]

September 15th, 2014|History, Lodge Artifact|

The Theodore Unmack Firing Glass

The full history of the TU firing glasses is told elsewhere and can be briefly outlined as follows:

When Theodore Unmack was officially notified in September 1881 that he was the new ProvGM of the Irish Constitution in Queensland he forwarded a consignment of sixty firing glasses to each of the nine Irish Constitution Lodges […]

September 15th, 2014|History, Lodge Artifact|

150th Installation photo album

On June 28, 2014 theDuke of Leinster Lodge celebrated their 150th Anniversary with the installation of RWbro Barry Westphal and his new team of Officers.

 

 

June 30th, 2014|Meeting, Photo|

150th Anniversary – Video #2

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June 20th, 2014|Videos|

Duke photo wall video

Take a look back on some of the recent history of the Duke of Leinster Lodge. This video showcases some of the great memories we’ve made over the last few years at Brisbane’s oldest Irish Freemason lodge.

 

 

June 10th, 2014|Videos|