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Grand United Order of Oddfellows in Australia

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The goal of this project is to collect history and membership of the Oddfellows in Australia, which is not well documented.

Oddfellows society began in Great Britain [1] It had spread to Australia around 1844. The first Sydney lodge—Travellers' Home No 731—was operating in 1845 and by 1848 there were three additional lodges. In 1854, the Port Phillip District of Grand United separated from the New South Wales branch to establish Grand United in Victoria. In 1877, the Queensland lodges also separated and established their own management committee. Eventually the Queensland and NSW branches merged to form the Grand United Friendly Society (NSW). Their papers are held at GUOOF Papers]


In NSW the Oddfellows were important in the social life of many rural towns which is covered in early newspapers. [2] [3]the


Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Elsie Gorman.

Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.

  • Add the category to relevant profiles, plus a geographic category if relevant

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

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Are listed at the Oddfellows Category

Sources

  1. http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/history/socs/odf_mdly.htm
  2. http://www.manchesterunitynsw.com.au/page4.
  3. http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/2061.php




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History of oddfellows in Western Australia: https://fremantlestuff.info/organisations/oddfellows.html
posted by Kylie Haese