Cameras to the rescue
Freemasonry and modern technology have combined with the presentation of a special thermal camera, the Dräger UCF 7000, to battle fires and save lives in and around Sydney.
How the apron began
Francis Greenway, the son of a family of highly renowned architects and designers in England, was convicted of forgery and in 1812 was transported to the colony of NSW for seven years.
A visit to the Tank Stream
The Tank Stream, another of Sydney’s hidden secrets, has played a role in every part of our urban water cycle, from a drinking water source to a sewer and now, part of our stormwater system.
Playing the game
The Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) has been providing practical help to those in need since its formation in 1880.
Sir Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903, was born in the Sydney suburb of Glebe on 18 January 1849 and was nicknamed Toby. He was educated at Fort Street Model School and Sydney Grammar.
The Antients and the Moderns
The name Thomas Dunckerley would not register with many Freemasons as a person of importance but his role in the Craft had a major bearing on what we enjoy today.
Churchill showed the way
Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was an English statesman, soldier, author, journalist and artist but was better known as the Prime Minister of England during World War II.
Eponymous dishes – what's in a name?
It is unlikely that you or I will get a dish named after us and even if we do we may be forgotten long before the dish is consigned to history. Here are some dishes that have stood the test of time.