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Monday, July 23, 2012

Australian 'odd fellows' seem lame compared to their American fellows, anyone have a banner or the masks they used behind locked doors?


Circles and a cross from a detail of an "odd fellows" banner, Russell Whitmore at Erie Basin comments on his tumblr site that it is the best he has seen, I know of two only in my 50 years of looking at the materialised world.
One in Melbourne at the Richard Berry's shop in the 1970s and one in Tasmania owned by George Burrows. My own material is from the archive of Ray Norman's grandfather - H. J. Bower who was an active member of the Mullumbimby Lodge, below.


All-seeing eye, the sun and death symbols seem universal . . .


The certificate belonging to George Burrows Esq





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