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It has been five years since the first cornerstone was laid on the Wollongong Masonic Centre but for 240 freemasons, the wait was worth it.
More than 90 freemasons came together for the dedication of a new Lodge Room at Gwynneville last week.
The room is now the home of five craft lodges – Illawarra, Balgownie, Theo Grey, Leisure Coast Daylight and the City of Wollongong, as well as other masonic orders.
At the dedication last Saturday, senior officers presented the Most Worshipful Grand Master Derek Robson – the most senior mason in NSW/ACT – with corn, wine, oil and salt to sprinkle in the room, reflecting abundance, fellowship and friendship, peace and unanimity and hospitality.
The multimillion-dollar Gwynneville building situated on Gipps Road is owned by the United Grand Lodge NSW and ACT Freemasons and includes cafes, a Chinese grocer and a medical specialist.
Adjacent to the Lodge Room is a convention centre, which is managed by the Wiseman Park Bowling Club and can be hired for functions.
The previous lodge building built in 1963 was demolished in 2007 to make way for the new centre.