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Borneo Lodge of Harmony

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Borneo Lodge of Harmony
Borneo Lodge
Formation1891
Location
Region
England, Scotland, India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements


Borneo Lodge of Harmony (also called as Borneo Lodge)[1] is a Masonic lodge located in Elopura, British North Borneo (present-day Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia).[2]

History

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Since the 1880s, there has been plans to establish Masonic lodge in the British Borneo area.[1] On 13 August 1885, the first lodge in Elopura of North Borneo are being warranted. It was however never constituted as the petitioners had left before the lodge could be opened, thus erased from the register on 2 January 1888.[3][4] The British officers of the North Borneo Chartered Company (NBCC) finally established the first lodge in Borneo as the "Farthest Eastern" lodge in 1891, as one of the branch of the United Grand Lodge of England, with its members represent the lodges in England, Scotland, India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.[1] It was chartered on 6 May and constituted in Elopura on 7 June in the same year.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Freemasonry in North Borneo". British North Borneo Herald. Straits Times Weekly Issue, National Library Board, Singapore. 25 April 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Borneo Lodge of Harmony (2403)". Lane's Masonic Records. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Major Masonic Events in South East Asia". District Grand Lodge of the Eastern Archipelago. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b Albert G. Mackey (24 October 2013). Encyclopedia Of Freemasonry: English Edition. Jazzybee Verlag. pp. 733–. ISBN 978-3-8496-3156-7.