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Excerpt from United Grand Lodge of Victoria: A Record of the Proceedings in Connection With Its Inauguration, March 20th and 21st, 1889 With the death of Captain Standish in 1882 commenced the present era of Masonry in Victoria - namely, the acceptance by Bro. Sir William Clarke Of the combined Offices of District and Provincial Grand Master under the English, Irish and Scottish Constitutions. (applause) This was an event of a unique and highly interesting character. I believe, without parallel in the history of British Masonry, and the installation ceremonies in the Melbourne Town Hall, on the 26th of March, five years ago, as an imposing gathering of the Craft in this colony, can only rank second to that we shall witness in the same building to-morrow, when Sir William Clarke will be placed upon the throne as the first Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria, in this the jubilee year of Victorian Masonry. (applause) To continue, brethren. A Grand Lodge of Victoria was inaugurated in the year 1883, with Bro. G. S. Coppin as Grand Master, which Grand Lodge will this evening become an integral part of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria. Before concluding, brethren, there is one interesting feature in the history of Victorian Masonry that ought to find a place in this sketch, and that is the number of stately and superb edifices, in the erection of which at different times the Craft has taken a part. In Melbourne alone, between the years 1842 and 1885, may be enumerated the old Supreme Court, the Old Prince's Bridge, the Melbourne Hospital, the Temperance Hall, the Benevolent Asylum, the Gasworks, the Western Market, Collingwood Bridge, our own Almshouses, the Australian Church, and lastly the Freemasons' Hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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