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AU NBAC Z190
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- 1856 - 1976 (Creation)
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150 boxes
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Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows (MUIOOF) had its origins in Manchester, England. It was established in Melbourne on 7 December 1840 when Augustus Greeves, a member of the MUIOOF in England, migrated to Australia and formed the first lodge, Australia Felix Lodge, with journalist Thomas Strode. By the late nineteenth century, Manchester Unity had an extensive network of lodges in metropolitan and country Victoria. The Society was governed by its Annual Moveable Conference (AMC) which, as its name implies, was held in a different Victorian country centre each year. Lodges sent delegates to the AMC, where they voted on policies and rules, and elected the new Board of Directors for the coming year. In 1993 Manchester Unity (Victoria) merged with the Australian Natives Association to form Australian Unity Friendly Society Limited, now known as Australian Unity Limited.
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The deposit consists of minutes, reports, letter books, ledgers, cash books, degrees books, correspondence, night books, contribution books, chemist and doctors list, declaration of marriage records, sickness records, sick and funeral fund books, registration books, trustee records, rules and ritual books, printed material, photographs and certificates. Includes records from Ballarat District; Albert Lodge; Alfred Lodge; Ballarat Lodge; Birthday Lodge; Blackwood Lodge; Buninyong Lodge; Beaufort Lodge; Cosmopolitan Lodge; Durham Lodge; Good Samaritan Lodge; Gordon Lodge; Gorong Lodge; Hand of Friendship Lodge; Hope of Ballarat Lodge; Juvenile Lodge; Kerrit Bareet Lodge; Learmouth Lodge; Linton Lodge; North Star Lodge; Past Grands Lodge; Peace & Plenty Lodge; Prince Alfred Lodge; Pyrenees Lodge; Rose of Allendale Lodge; Sebastapol Lodge; Sir Charles Darling Lodge; Smythesdale Lodge; Victoria Lodge.
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Entered from deposit description on 19 June 2012
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Z190.pdf
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