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Famous Masons

FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN MASONS

Australia has had a number of Prime Ministers and eminent people who have been Freemasons, this page presents just a few:

Prime Ministers:

  • Sir Edmund Barton
  • George Houstoun Reid
  • Joseph Cook
  • Stanley Melbourne Bruce
  • Earle Christmas Grafton Page
  • Robert Gordon Menzies
  • Arthur Fadden
  • John McEwan
  • John Gorton
  • Sir William McMahon

Sports Men:

  • Sir Donald Bradman (Worlds greatest cricket batsman)
  • Sir Hubert Opperman (World cycling legend)
  • William Albert Stanley (Bert) Oldfield (Test cricketer)
  • Sir Walter Lindrum (World billiards and snooker legend)
  • Bill Lawry (Cricketer and Commentator)
  • Bill Ponsford (Cricketer)
  • Bobby Simpson (Cricketer)
  • Sir James Hardy (Olympian and Winemaker)

Pioneers:

  • Francis Howard Greenway (Pioneer Architect)
  • Joseph Banks (First Australian Botanist)
  • Captain Matthew Flinders (First to circumnavigate Australia)
  • Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (Aviator)

Eminent people:

  • Fred Walker (Inventor of Vegemite)
  • Harry Melbourne (Inventor of the Freddo Frog)
  • Lachlan Macquarie (NSW Governor)
  • Sir Weary Dunlop (War hero)
  • Thomas Mayne (Inventor of Milo)
  • James Boag (Brewer)
  • Frederick Peters (Founder of Peter’s ice cream)
  • Cecil Albert Gregory (Founder of Gregory’s street directory)

Entertainers:

  • Graham Kennedy (TV entertainer)
  • Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell (Actor)
  • Smokey Dawson (Country musician)

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