Author: JAMES, BOB.
Title: They Call Each Other Brother. Secret Societies and the Strange Slow Death of Mateship in Australia 1788-2010.
Description: Australia: Privately published, 2010. 1st editio. "In Sydney, in 1829, John Stephen, Worhippful Master of the Masonic 'Lodge of Australia'. welcomed seven of the colony's business and professional men to join with him in celebrating the brotherhood and to induct more candidates into its mysteries. The same John Stephen, bigamous paramour of convicted shop-lifter Jane New, in that same year lied, forged court documents and engaged petty criminals to smuggle her out of the colony to enable her to escape a death sentence..The Stephen-family mix of vaunted respectability and human corruptibillity is not uncommon and neither is the central place of social networks in such situations. But for Australians, the Masons truly are a 'secret society'.." 26cms x 19.5cms x 1.5cms. Pp.238, occasional black & white illustrations. inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

Keywords: James Signed Call Brother Secret Societies Mateship Australia History Freemasonry Fraternalism Power Privilege Parades Grog Faith Conflict Protestant Fear Loathing Stephen Jane New Federation 50689 Masonic: : Australia


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