The Lowry Letter April 2012
Newsletter of the Brighton District Lodge No 37
Contributions welcome - contact the Editor: W.Bro. Greg Crew: gregcrew@ozemail.com.au
Congratulations to our new
members, Bros. Ryan Davis,
Sean O’Callaghan, David
Manallack, Andrew Burman,
and Shane Webster
In a record-breaking year, we have
welcomed 8 new initiates. Ryan (son
of our Senior Warden, Mark), Sean
and David were initiated at our March
meeting, while Andrew and Shane
joined us in April. The following
profiles give an introduction to them:
Ryan Davis is a young RMIT
University graduate and a current
Master of Property student at The
University of Melbourne. He is
passionate
about
property
development and hopes to develop a
successful career in the property
industry. Ryan enjoys a healthy
lifestyle, partaking in many hours of
sport and physical activity with a
particular focus on long distance
running. He likes to participate in
running events that support charities
and allow for a competitive forum for
personal and physical development.
Ryan looks forward to meeting
socially
with
friends,
sharing
memories and having a good time.
However, he also likes to create new
friendships, while discovering and
learning about other people’s various
and different walks of life. Ryan is
very excited about the Freemasonry
journey and hopes to honour the
name, the Freemason community and
the individuals involved. He looks
forward to contributing and supporting
the great causes associated with the
Freemason mission.
Sean and Ryan, ‘in the South”
Sean O’Callaghan is the youngest of
six children and enjoys socialising
with friends and family. Sport, cars
and studying current affairs are all
hobbies of his. While he enjoys
watching the AFL, and cheering for
Essendon, undoubtedly his true love
is for the game of football – or soccer,
as some prefer to call it.
Sean recently completed RMIT
University’s Graduate Diploma in
Journalism and now works with the
Herald-Sun and Nine News. He hopes
to work hard over the coming months
and make the most of the
opportunities that lie ahead.
Sean looks forward to learning and
contributing to the Freemason craft
and is excited by the prospect of
meeting fellow brothers along the
way. He was truly honoured to be
installed at Brighton District 37
alongside his best friend, Ryan Davis.
multiple
sclerosis,
malaria
and
antibiotics.
My
interests outside
work
include;
reading,
sailing,
swimming
(snorkelling), body surfing, golf,
walking, the environment and at some
point I would like to consider tennis
again.
My father and grandfather were both
highly regarded freemasons and
during my childhood we attended
numerous Lodge functions. My
decision to join was influenced by two
factors. One, our family history, and
secondly, a chance meeting with
Andrew Reay who attended Hampton
Primary with me. I look forward to
experiencing what my father and
grandfather loved so dearly’.
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David Manallack was born in 1961 at
the Queen Vic, here in Melbourne. He
writes; ‘Our family home is in
Hampton and we spent a great deal of
our summers on the beach. I studied
at the Victorian College of Pharmacy
to complete both a Bachelors and
Masters in pharmacy.
This was the beginning of my journey
into science. The inspiration for this
came from our medicinal chemistry
professor (Peter Andrews) who gave
engaging lectures about drug design.
At the time, molecular modelling was
a young science and I was able to
immerse myself into the field.
At the end of my PhD (1989) I took off
to the UK for post-doc training in
molecular modelling at Smith Kline &
French. It was after one warm
summer’s day that I went to a party
and met my wife to be, Anna. We
have two boys, Thomas, 16 and Mats,
14, both excelling at Mentone
Grammar.
Fifteen year after arriving in the UK, I
returned to Australia with family in
tow. Setting up had its ups and downs
until I finally got a senior lectureship at
Monash University. My research
interests lie in the discovery and
development of new medicines and
we’re heavily involved in research on
David Manallack.
David’s son, Mats, won a Freemasons
Victoria Middle School Scholarship
recently. Mats attends Mentone Grammar.
His hobbies are piano, basketball, football,
playing video games and reading. His
interests are watching sports such as
football and cricket on TV and playing
them, cooking, body surfing music.
Andrew Burman: “I am 46 and
engaged to be married to Sonia
Krolke. We are to be wed on 28
December, 2012 at Holy Trinity
Barrabool near Ceres Victoria. I have
one daughter Elizabeth who is 10
years old. I was born in Melbourne. I
live in Brighton. I work for my father’s
accounting firm. My father, Richard is
a Freemason and a member of Old
Melburnians 317. I played Rugby
Union and Turf Cricket for many years
but now my sporting career is
confined to an occasional bad round
of golf and weeding. I support
Melbourne Football Club.
Brighton District Lodge No37 - Originally the Lowry Lodge constituted on 20th December 1861 in the America Hotel, Woodend, Victoria,
registered under English Constitution No.1224 on 23 August 1862, becoming Lodge No 37 in 1885 with formation of Victorian Constitution.
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The Lowry Letter April 2012
Newsletter of the Brighton District Lodge No 37
Contributions welcome - contact the Editor: W.Bro. Greg Crew: gregcrew@ozemail.com.au
a BBC member. I won’t name the
winners of the wooden spoon prize!
The following photos capture some
highlights of a very pleasant day;
Vale Lawrence Burley
RWBro. Lawrie Burley passed to the
Grand Lodge above on the 14th March,
after a long illness. We had not seen
Lawrie in Lodge for many years, as he
and his wife Jenny, had moved to
Anglesea, and Lawrie was in very poor
health for the last 10 years.
Andrew Burman
Shane Webster was born in 1971, in the
former Yugoslavia. He completed his
education with a course at the Land
Surveying College in Sarajevo. In 2006 he
emigrated to Australia, and is now working
as an aged person’s carer.
His interest in the Craft was initiated when
he read a book on the Freemason of
Yugoslavia in 1988. This interest was reenforced while he spent some time in
Norway, in 2005. He has investigated the
Craft in books and on the Internet, and
now looks forward to finding out about the
‘real thing’. Shane was introduced to the
Lodge via the Grand Lodge Membership
Committee. He lives in Caulfield, quite
close to Phil Barber. He is interested in
shooting, mixed martial arts and military
history.
“At least I can hold it!”
“Where did my bowl go?”
Lawrie was born in Hobart in 1923. He
served in the 2nd AIF in New Guinea, and
after discharge with the rank of corporal,
moved to Melbourne, where he met
Jenny. He was Manager of John Ford’s
(another past Lodge member) engineering
business, and a keen water and snow
skier. He and Jenny have two children,
and lived in Vermont before moving to
their beach house in Anglesea.
Lawrie joined Lodge No. 539 in 1947,
and became a founding member of Lodge
of Fervour in 1949. He was Master of
Fervour in 1963, and gained the rank of
Past Junior Grand Warden. He was also a
member of Earl Kitchener Mark Lodge,
and his 50-year Mark jewel was presented
to him at his home in Anglesea by
WBros. Bunton, Wing, Cove and Ford.
Our deepest condolences go to Jenny and
her family.
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LODGE GOLF DAY
Shane Webster
“My team is pretty good!”
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Family Barefoot Bowling Day
We will hit off at 8 am on Sunday, 27th
May, at Cheltenham Golf Club. This will
be a fun day, so you don’t need to be a
golfer to join in. After 8 holes we will end
with a BBQ and prize giving. Final
numbers are needed by the 8th May. Give
it a go! I guarantee you will do better than
me!
A happy group of about 35 members
and family gathered at Brighton
Bowling Club on Sunday, 25th March
for a go at lawn bowling. There was
plenty of enthusiasm, if not a lot of
skill, but everyone had a great time,
especially the children. We rounded
off the afternoon with a barbeque and
prize-giving. Not surprisingly, Terry
Nash’s team won the prize, as Terry is
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“Let’s sit this one out!”
Brighton District Lodge No37 - Originally the Lowry Lodge constituted on 20th December 1861 in the America Hotel, Woodend, Victoria,
registered under English Constitution No.1224 on 23 August 1862, becoming Lodge No 37 in 1885 with formation of Victorian Constitution.
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