Melbourne Council no.1
Melbourne Council No. 1 was consecrated on 12th January 1949 as No.56 under the Grand Council for England.
The Council meets on the 2nd Friday in February (Installation meeting), April, August & October (7.30pm) at the South Eastern Masonic Centre, 270 Hutton Road, Keysborough VIC 3173
Masters of the Council
1949 William James WHITE (Foundation Master)
1950 Albert TOYNE
1950 Robert Peter DICK (conferred)
1950 John Charles PICKFORD (conferred)
1950 Dr William Arthur WRIGHT (conferred)
1951 John Fittis BEACHAM
1952 Mervyn Silverton Goode MATTHEWS
1953 John Alexander BROWN
1954 Leslie Harold RICHARDSON
1955 Albert Reginald COPPIN
1956 Harry James PARKER
1957 Francis Esmond FINDLAY
1958 Horace Francis Keith Mecauley MACAFEE
1959 John Leoden PORTER
1960 Alfred Edward Dunning JAMES
1961 William Jack Lionel WHELLAMS
1962 Clarence Edward HALL
1962 Frederick William Boothby COX (conferred)
1963 Arthur Lancelot Cecil CORLEY
1964 SQDLDR Alan King MARTIN (Ret'd), MBE
1965 Arthur Joseph COLLINS
1965 Thomas Leslie STAFFORD (conferred)
1966 George Brittain PETTIGROVE
1967 Harold Coles BARTLEMAN
1968 Mervyn Walter BROCKENSHIRE
1969 Jack Bawden MCCOLL, JP
1970 Aubrey Lyndhurst FREER
1971 Keith Albert MCLAUGHLIN
1971 Harry BALAAM (conferred)
1972 Sydney Harrison NEWITT
1973 Alexander Harry MCCOMISH
1974 John Edward STANTON
1975 Ernest Arthur HOPE
1976 Henry John JAMES
1977 Albert Edward ANDERSON
1978 Donald Neil Primrose HOLMES
1979 Johann Collin HOFFMAN
1980 George Kirtley HEDRICK
1981 David Arthur SKIDMORE
1982 William Halliwell MILLANE
1983 Charles Ricketson ADAMS
1984 Peter Thomas THORNTON
1985 William Peter WHITE
1985 David LEES (conferred)
1986 John William FORD
1987 Walter Palmer BURSTON
1988 Samuel Albert COLES
1989 Stewart William NOBLE
1990 Harry Edward FORSHAW
1991 Alan Henri NOTTLE
1992 Thomas Rex LITTLE
1993 Joseph Hector SAMPSON
1994 Peter Harry Ian GREEN
1995 George William RUSSELL
1995 William ST CLAIR (conferred)
1996 Louis Herbert SHEAN
1997 Albert McKenzie OLIVER
1998 Kelvin George McLEOD
1999 Robert George PAROISSIEN
2000 Dr David Gregor Paterson BUIST
2001 Herbert Reginald GRANT
2002 William Hugh BEATY
2003 William Hugh BEATY, PM
2004 Ronald Alexander BURMEISTER
2005 Harold David PAROISSIEN, OAM
2006 William Robert HARDING
2007 David Neil WATKINS
2008 David John D'ALTERA
2009 Gary Kenneth EFRON
2010 Neil Graham MARTINE
2011 Norman Alexander PRITCHARD, RFD
2012 Michael Edward Charles BURRELL
2013 Ian Archer WISE
2014 Ian Archer WISE, PM
2015 Graham John Andrew GOURLAY
2016 Graham John DUFF
2017 Douglas Kenneth Christopher GROOM
2018 Douglas Kenneth Christopher GROOM, PM
2019 William Robert HARDING, PGSW
2020 Stirling Bruce WARREN
2021 COVID impacted
2022 Stirling Bruce WARREN, GIG
2023 Stirling Bruce WARREN, GJD
2024 Kenneth Douglas MacRae
Secretaries
1949-1950 PA Olney
1951-1952 A Toyne
1952-1953 PA Olney
1954-1984 FWB Cox
1984-1991 LJV Watts
1991-2000 SJ Bone
2000-2007 BC Shearer, JP
2008-2015 GJ Duff
2015- MEC Burrell
Treasurers
1949-1985 TBA
1985-1990 MW Brockenshire
1985-1996 RG Paroissien
1996-2001 WP Burston
2001-2008 RG Paroissien
2019-2020 KD MacRae
2020- MEC Burrell
Directors of Ceremonies
1949-1985 TBA
1985-1987 AH McComish
1987-1990 WP White
1990-1993 TBC
1993-1996 PT Thornton
1996-2016 LW Collins
2016-2017 WR Harding
2017-2019 BC Shearer, JP
2019-2023 LW Collins
2023- WR Harding