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30-November-2013
30-November-2013
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The tree, planted in 1971, commemorates 100 years of Freemasonry in Kiama. The tree is planted on the site of Kiama`s first open air church service and near the site of the first Masonic Lodge which met on the 5th July 1871, 

Location

Address:Terralong Street, Black Beach Bay, Kiama, 2533
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.670567
Long: 150.855775
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community
Actual Event Start Date:05-July-1871
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Actual Event End Date:05-July-1871
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 3rd July, 1971
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Front Inscription

Lodge Kiama No. 35 U.G.L. of N.S.W.

This plaque unveiled by His Worship the Mayor of Kiama, Ald. P. J. Saphin, commemorates the planting of a Morton Bay Fig tree, adjacent hereto, by Most Worshipful Bro. Robert Arthur Hammond Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of N.S.W. on the 3rd July 1971, to celebrate "100 years of Freemasonry in Kiama". 

This being the site of the first open air church service in Kiama and near to the site of the first Masonic Meeting of Lodge Samaritan No. 294 in 5th July, 1871

 

Left Side Inscription
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Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,H
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