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Fraternities or lodges were an important part of Australian society in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. After the Second World War, they were gradually replaced by " service clubs ", such as Lions , Apex and Rotary .
South Australia and Northern Territory: Grand Lodge of South Australia and Northern Territory [1] [5] 1884 [4] 105 2,896 [2] Australia Tasmania: Grand Lodge of Tasmania [1] [6] 1890 41 1,250 [2] Australia Victoria: United Grand Lodge of Victoria [1] [7] 1889 293 9,126 [8] Australia Western Australia: Grand Lodge of Western Australia [1] [9 ...
Pages in category "Clubs and societies in Australia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A friendly society or benefit society is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. These groups are also known as a fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, or mutual aid organization.
The Freemasons and Odd Fellows emerged in the eighteenth century in the United Kingdom and the United States.Other examples, which emerged later, include the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, E Clampus Vitus, the Independent Order of Rechabites, the Templars of Honor and Temperance, the Independent Order of Foresters, the Knights of Columbus, and the Loyal ...
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Social, collegiate, or general fraternities in the North American fraternity system are those that do not promote a particular profession, as professional fraternities do, or discipline, such as service fraternities. Instead, their primary purposes are often stated as the development of character, literary or leadership ability, or to serve a ...
Stevens, Albert Clark, 1854- The Cyclopædia of Fraternities: A Compilation of Existing Authentic Information and the Results of Original Investigation as to More than Six Hundred Secret Societies in the United States (New York: Hamilton Printing and Publishing Company), 1899,