Special meeting 29 May 2010

Members and friends enjoying lunch at the Prince Albert Hotel on Saturday, 29 May 2010, following the admission of a new member (seated at the head of the table).

Our next meeting is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, 18 September 2010.

Special Meeting on 29 May 2010:

Advance and early warning!

A special meeting will be held Saturday am, 29 May 2010
followed by a short meeting of members in committee
then lunch at the Prince Albert Hotel. Full details yet to be posted.

The photo from Behistun in Iran shows Darius the Great. The inscription, carved into a cliffside, gives the same text in three languages, telling the story of Darius' conquests, illustrated by life-sized carved images of Darius with other figures in attendance (click on photo for larger image).

March meeting 2010

The meeting held Saturday 20 March 2010 proceeded well (luckily there was a screen for the main door of the lodge room, affording privacy from the remaining portion of the anteroom in use as a polling room for the State Elections!).

Five members were admitted as Knights of the East and West, then as Knight Masons, following which the Installation Ceremony was held. Michael Beck is the new Chief. The Council has a new Scribe - for contact details please see at right.


The photos show some of our members and friends at refreshment afterwards, at the Prince Albert Hotel who very kindly made a private room available.

Meeting on Saturday 20 March 2010

The next meeting of the Council will be on the morning of Saturday 20 March 2010,
followed by lunch at the Prince Albert Hotel in Wright Street, City.
The Scribe is in process of preparing the Notice Paper with times etc

The ceremonies will include Knight of the East and West, and the Installation.

(at left - the sash of a Knight Mason)

Other meetings for your calendar (updated 4 Feb & 11 Jul 2010)

Please note - dates and times should be confirmed before making travel arrangements.

• Sat 30 Jan 10 - Persia Council of Research No.8 - Dublin
• Sat 20 Feb 10 - Grand Council - Dublin - 2p
• Tue 9 Mar 10 - Harp of Erin No.91 - Auckland NZ - 7.30p
• 14 Mar 10 - Nebuchadnezzar Council No.85 - Launceston, Tasmania
• Sat 20 Mar 10 - Leinster Marine Council No.95 - Concord, Sydney - 10am
• Sat 20 Mar 10 - Duke of Leinster Council No.93 - Goodwood SA
• Mon 29 Mar 10 - Ecbatana Council No.94 - Ringwood Vic - 6.30p
• May 10 - Persia Council of Research No.8 - Limerick visit?
• Wed 19 May 10 - Esdras Council No.90 - Williamstown Vic - 7p
• Sat 12 Jun 10 - Grand Council - N. Ireland 2p
• Mon 14 Jun 10 - Constitution of Grafton Council No.100 and St James Council No.101, at Mark Masons Hall, London SW1A 1PL
• Tue 13 Jul 10 - Harp of Erin No.91 - Auckland NZ - 7.30p
• Mon 30 Aug 10 - Ecbatana Council No.94 - Ringwood Vic - 6.30p
• Sat 11 Sep 10 - Leinster Marine Council No.95 - Concord, Sydney - 2pm
• Sat 18 Sep 10 - Persia Council of Research No.8 - Limerick
• Sat 18 Sep 10 - Duke of Leinster Council No.93 - Goodwood SA
• Sat 2 Oct 10 - Constitution of Samuel RA Hogg Council No.39 - Bendigo Vic
• Sat 23 Oct 10 - Grand Council - N.Ireland - 2p
• 24 Oct 10 - Nebuchadnezzar Council No.85 - Launceston, Tasmania
• Tue 9 Nov 10 - Harp of Erin No.91 - Auckland NZ - 7.30p
• Mon 29 Nov 10 - Ecbatana Council No.94 - Ringwood Vic - 6.30p
• Sat 11 Dec 10 - Esdras Council No.90 - Williamstown Vic - 11a
• Sat 11 Dec 10 - Grand Council - Dublin - 2p

below - seal of Darius I (reigned around 500 BCE)

Meeting Saturday 19 September

We enjoyed a happy meeting, admitting three new members as Knights of the Sword and Knights of the East, and electing Officers to be installed at our next regular meeting on 20 March 2010.

Afterwards we joined family members for lunch.

The photograph is of the Safavid bridge at Behistun, on the road between Babylon and Ecbatana (in the present day, Hamadan in Iran).

Behistun (or Bisotun) is a small village at the foot of a precipitous rock, 1700 ft. high, in the centre of the Zagros range in Iran on the right bank of the Samas-Ab, the principal tributary of the Kerkha (Choaspes). On the steep face of the rock, some 80 metres above the plain, Darius I, king of Persia, caused to be engraved a great cuneiform inscription 12 ft. high, which recounts the way in which, after the death of Cambyses, he killed the usurper Gaumata, defeated numerous rebels, and restored the kingdom of the Achaemenidae. Above the inscription the image of Darius is graven.

from http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Behistun

Behistun/Bisotun is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Next meeting Sat 19 Sep 2009

On the morning of Saturday 19 September, the ceremonies of Knight of the Sword and Knight of the East are to be worked.


Lunch to follow at Prince Albert Hotel (below).

Meeting on Saturday 21 March at Illingworth Hall, Goodwood

9.30am - set up
10 am - rehearse
11am - meeting
12.45p - lunch at Prince Albert Hotel, Wright Street, Adelaide (partners most welcome)


At left is an old Dispensation (or Warrant) of Friendship Court, Ancient Order of Foresters, which met in the Prince Albert Hotel from 1863. The Foresters Heritage Trust in UK has further information about this fraternity.