GRAND COUNCIL OF KNIGHTS MASON
Brief History and Origin Knight Masonry comprises those Degrees which are worked in a Council of Knight Masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Council of Knight Masons. The Grand Council of Knight Masons was formed in 1923 to maintain the Degrees which were previously worked by Irish Royal Arch Chapters, Preceptories of High Knight Templar’s and even a Prince Rose Croix Chapter. Organisation and Structure Lodges are termed Councils ruled by the Excellent Chief and with a similar group of officers as craft masonry, with the exception that there is a Senior and Junior Knight from whom the next Excellent Chief is elected. In Australia we have a Province consisting of 6 Councils (listed below) ruled by the Grand Superintendent and a Deputy. They are assisted by the Provincial Grand Scribe and a Provincial Grand Treasurer.
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Knight Masons Councils exist throughout Ireland, New Zealand, Ohio (USA), Hong Kong, South Africa, Gibraltar, India, Jamaica, Greece and Bermuda. Degrees The History of the Judean People, as contained in the Roll of the Law, including the Books of Ezra, Jeremiah and Esdras, record three outstanding episodes, intimately connected with Irish Universal Masonry.
The Councils are as follows: • •
Duke of Leinster Council No. 93 – Adelaide, South Australia; Ecbatana Council No. 94 – Ringwood, Victoria; Leinster Marine Council No. 95 – Sydney, NSW; Samuel R.A. Hogg Council No. 39 – Bendigo, Victoria;
Nebuchadnezzar Council No. 85 – Launceston, Tasmania. Esdras Council No. 90 – Williamstown, Victoria;
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