(by Phil Brandel, News, 8 January 2024 )
On the corner of a leafy suburban Cairns street sits an old, white building that looks just like any other community hall.
But the two stone pillars at its entrance give away its identity as a masonic building in the suburb of Freshwater where several of the society’s local groups, known as lodges, meet.
Freemasonry is the world’s oldest known fraternal society – or social group — evolving from the guilds of stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages and gathering momentum during the 18th century Enlightenment.
The society is steeped in secrecy through its handshakes…
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Freemasonry is the world’s oldest known fraternal society – or social group — evolving from the guilds of stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages and gathering momentum during the 18th century Enlightenment.
The society is steeped in secrecy through its handshakes…
read more:
