KENT WILLIAM HENDERSON, KSJ, DipT, BEd, GradDip Ed.

Postal Address: P. O. Box 332, Williamstown, Victoria. 3016.
Email: kenthen@optusnet.com.au
Date of Birth: 29 January 1954 (Geelong, Victoria). 48 years old.
Education: Geelong College.
Honours: Knight of Commander of Honour of St John.
Qualifications: Diploma of Teaching (Deakin), Bachelor of Education (VUT), Graduate Diploma of Education and Training (VUT). Diploma of Masonic Education. (Grand Lodge of South Australia).

Craft in Australia:

Initiated: City of Geelong Lodge No. 307 - 7/2/79. Passed: 21/3/79
Raised: 18/4/79 in Risdene Lodge 6532 EC
Installed Worshipful Master: 28/9/83. Resigned: 1988.

Geelong Lodge of Installed Masters No. 879 VC
Foundation secretary: 23/2/85 (ceased 1992).

Flinders Peak (Daylight) Lodge 884.
- Founder: 3/8/85. Resigned: 1987.

Current Member: Lodge Epicurean No. 906 VC
- Foundation (and current) secretary
- Master 2001-2002

Lodge Amalthea No. 914 VC
Foundation member and current secretary

Victorian Lodge of Research No. 218 VC
- Master 1990-91
- Senior Editor, Lodge Transactions (1988 - present).

Awards:
Conferred - Past Grand standard Bearer, 1985
Promoted - Past Grand Sword Bearer, 1990
Promoted - Past Junior Grand Deacon, 2000
Diploma of Masonic Education (South Australian Constitution)
- awarded 1986. (4 Year Course)
Holder: Danish 250th Anniversary Commemorative Medal,
awarded in 1993 by the Grand Lodge of Denmark for
"outstanding contribution to international Masonic Research"
Kellerman Research Lecturer for Victoria, 1994
- Biennial Australian Masonic Research Council award.
Elected a Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand Masonic
Research Council - 1 September 2002.
Elected a Fellow of the Victorian Lodge of
Research No. 218 VC - 25/4/03.

Other Craft Associations:

Full Member: Grand Master's Lodge, Dublin (Irish Constitution)
The Lodge of Research No. 200, Dublin (Ireland)
Internet Lodge No. 9659 EC.
Holden Masonic Research Circle - Victoria.

Associate Member: Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 EC, London.
Leicester Lodge of Research No. 2429 EC, England.
Missouri Lodge of Research, Fulton, Missouri.
The Research Lodge of New South Wales No. 971, Sydney.
The S.A. Lodge of Research No. 216, Adelaide.
Philalethes Society, USA.

Other Craft Activities:

Organizer: 1991 Masonic Tour of Australia by WBro. John Hamill, PJGD,
Librarian & Curator, Freemasons' Hall, London.

Organizer: 1993 Masonic Tour of Africa, Australasia & Asia by WBro. Cyril Batham, PJGD,
PM and Past Secretary of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London.

Organizer: 1995 Masonic Tour of Africa, Australasia & Asia by VWBro. Rev.Neville Cryer,
PGChap, PM of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London.

Organizer: 1997 Masonic Tour of Australasia by RWBro. Prof. Wallace McLeod,
PGSW, (Ontario, Canada) PM of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London.

Organizer: 2000 Masonic Tour of Australasia by WBro.Yasha Beresiner, LGR,
PM of Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London.

Organizer: 2002 Masonic Tour of Australasia by WBro.David Gray, PM,
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, USA.

Organizer: 2005 Masonic Tour of Australasia by Bro. Robert Cooper, PM,
Curator of The Grand Lodge of Scotland.

Convenor: 1st Biennial Australian Masonic Research Conference, Melbourne, June 1992.

Key Note Speaker: North Queensland Masonic Conference, Townsville: 30 April, 1 & 2 May, 1994.

Foundation (& current)
Secretary: Australian Masonic Research Council (since 1996: Australian and New Zealand Masonic Research Council).

Senior Editor: 1988 - 2005. The annual Transactions of Victorian Lodge of Research No.218 VC.

Quatour Coronati Lodge: Lectured at Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London (the Premier Lodge of Research) - 14/9/00.
Only Australian thus far invited to do so. Paper: Freemasons - an Endangered Species (co-authored with WBro. John Belton).

Guest Speaker: Research Lodge of Wellington No. 194, New Zealand - 8/3/2001.

Tour of New Zealand 15 March - 25 March 2002. Main Lectures: at Masters' & Past Masters' Lodge (of Research), Christchurch (Guest Speaker at its Centenary Celebrations), Hawkes Bay Lodge of Research, Waikato Lodge of Research (Rotorua), and United Masters Lodge (of Research), Auckland.

Blaikie Memorial Lecture: Delivered the Annual Blaikie Memorial Lecture of the Hobart Lodge of Research. Hobart Tasmania, 17/10/02

Tour to Singapore: Lectured at Lodge Mount Faber No. 1825 SC (Research Lodge), Singapore - 25/11/02

Other Masonic Orders:

Mark: Advanced Barwon Mark Lodge No. 77, Geelong - 14/4/80.
- Worshipful Master - 1/8/88. Resigned: 1994.
Joined: Victoria Mark Lodge No. 47, English Constitution - 23/5/94.
Current Secretary.
Conferred: Overseas Mark Grand Rank (OMGR): 1998.
Promoted: Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies: 2002.

H. R. A. Chapter: Exalted St. Andrews in the South Chapter No. 19, Geelong -23/6/80.
First Principal - 27/4/87.
Joined: Golden Jubilee Chapter of Research No. 79 - 1989. Resigned: 3/2/93.
Joined: Leinster Marine HRA Chapter No. 266 (Irish Constitution), Sydney - 1992.

Ark Mariners: Elevated in Geelong Royal Ark Mariner Lodge No. 19 - 28/11/80. Resigned: 18/3/91.
Joined: Victoria Royal Ark Mariner Lodge No. 47 EC - 7/3/91.
- Worshipful Commander - 5/11/92. Current Secretary.
Conferred: Overseas Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank (ORAMGR): 2001.
Promoted: Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank (RAMGR): 2002.

Royal & Select: Joined Geelong & District Council No. 11 - 2/6/81.
Organizer & Founder: Adoniram Council No. 22 - 19/2/94. Foundation Deputy Master.
Installed Thrice Illustrious Master - 13/2/95.

Knights Templar: Joined Geelong Preceptory No. 5, Knight Templar degree- 6/6/81.
Knights of Malta degree - 20/2/82. Resigned: 2/2/92.
Joined Sunshine Preceptory No. 20. Foundation Member - 1/1/92.
Installed Eminent Preceptor & Prior: 27/2/93.

Allied Masonic Joined Melbourne Council No. 1 Resigned: 10/11/89.
Degrees: St. Lawrence the Martyr degree - 14/8/81. Red Cross of Babylon degree - 14/8/81
Grand High Priest degree - 9/10/81. Grand Tilers of Solomon degree - 12/2/82
Knights of Constantinople degree - 11/6/82.
Founder: Geelong Council No. 7 - 9/11/89
Installed Worshipful Master - 10/11/93.

Scottish Rite: 18o: Geelong Sovereign Chapter No. 104 - 31/8/81 (Scottish Constitution)
30o: William W. Ashley Sovereign Council No. 55 - 13/6/86

Secret Monitors: Joined Southern Cross Conclave No. 1 (Geelong) - 26/7/82. Resigned: 1993.

Knight Templar: Joined Ballaarat Tabernacle No. 92 - 21/10/83. Resigned: 18/10/92.
Priests: Organizer & Foundation Recorder: Aaron Tabernacle No. 170 - 17/10/92
Installed High Priest: 18/10/97. Conferred Past Grand III Pillar - 2/4/2001.
Promoted to Past Grand IV Pillar - 2004.

Royal Order of Scotland: Joined Provincial Grand Lodge of Victoria - 8/8/84

S.R.I.A. Joined Thomas Vaughan College. Resigned: 2/7/91.
Io: 7/11/85 IIo: 2/7/87 IIIo: 5/5/88 IVo: 3/11/88 Vo: 20/10/90 VIo: 18/8/91
VIIo: 24/2/93.
Organizer & Foundation (and current) Secretary - Aquinas College (Geelong) - 1/7/91.
Installed Celebrant: 1/4/93. Promoted to VIIIo - 5/6/97.
Appointed as Assistant Director-General of Ceremonies. 8/10/05.

Red Cross of Joined Brighton Conclave No. 3 - 14/11/88. Resigned: 1989.
Constantine: Joined St. Helena Conclave No. 10, Geelong - 1989. Foundation Member.
Installed M. P. Sovereign: 8/10/97.

The Operatives: Joined Channel Row Assemblage, London. Io & IIo: 20/10/86. IIIo, IVo,
Vo, VIo: 1/4/89. VIIo: 1/7/90. (Resigned: 1995).
Founder & Organizer: Eureka Quarries Assemblage (Geelong), and Chirnside Mansion
Assemblage ( Melbourne) - 2/4/89. Current Member: Eureka Quarries Assemblage, and
honorary member of Chirnside Mansion Assemblage.
Assistant Grand Clerk: 1989 - 1995.

Knight Masons: Joined Darius Council No. 38, Dublin: 12/1/93.
Founder: Nebuchadezzar Council No. 85 (Foundation, & current, Scribe): 3/6/03
Installed Excellent Chief: 4/6/03.

The Squaremen Joined Workingham Shed No. 11, England. 17/9/99.

Rectified Scottish Rite: Joined Passchendaele Lodge No. 7 - Rectified Scottish Rite (CBCS), Belgium: 19/7/98.
Joined Sir Robert Hobart Lodge No. 8 (Launceston) - 14/7/2001 (Foundation JW).
Installed Senior Warden: 12/10/02.
Installed Worshipful Deputy Master: 9/10/04.
Promoted: Squire Novice - 14/7/2001. Promoted: CBCS - 14/7/2001.
Joined Sir William Clarke Lodge No. 9 (Melbourne) - 20/7/2001 (Foundation Member).
Prefectural Grand Sword Bearer - Southern Cross Prefecture (2004)

The Ancient Order of Joined Southern Cross Cork Lodge. 14/9/02.
Noble Corks.

Commemorative Order Joined Acre Chapel No. 20. 9/6/03
of St. Thomas of Acon Foundation Prior (& Installed as a Worthy Master)
- The Chapel of St. Paul No. 35 (Melbourne) 21/8/04.
Installed Grant Preceptor - Acon Province of Australia and New Zealand
Installed - 16/8/05.

Pilgrim Preceptors Joined, in London, 3/9/05.

Selected Masonic Papers

Italian Freemasonry & the P2 Incident 1988 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No.218 VC, Melb.
1990 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No.200 IC, Dublin.

Overseas Masonic Practices, What Can They Teach Us?
1990 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No.218 VC

Overseas Masonic Oddities 1991 Transactions, The Research Lodge of N.S.W No.971, Syd.

A Masonic Wedding 1993 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No.218 VC, Melb.

A Prescription for Masonic Renewal (Back to the Future)
1994 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No. 218 VC, Melb.

Why Not "United Grand Lodges" in America?
1997 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No. 218 VC, Melb.

Freemasonry in Arab Countries - An Analytical Review
2000 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No. 218 VC, Melb.

Freemasons - An Endangered Species? (with John Belton)
Delivered in Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London - 14/9/2000.
AQC Vol. 112 (2000) - Quatuor Coronati Lodge, London.

Vice Regal Grand Masters - Who and Why? 2001 Transactions, The Lodge of Research No. 218 VC, Melb.

The United Grand Lodges of Australia? Harashim, No. 34, April 2005.

Senior Editor: Transactions of the Victorian Lodge of Research No. 218 VC, Melbourne.

Insights into Masonry, 1988
Masonic Discoveries, 1989
Masonic Encounters, 1990
Masonic Impressions, 1991
Masonic Challenges, 1992
Masonic Foundations, 1993
Masonic Contemplations, 1994
Masonic Inspirations, 1995
Freemasonry Uncovered, 1996
Masonic Speculations, 1997
Uncovering Masonry, 1998
Studies in Masonry, 1999
Masonic Musings, 2000
Unearthing Masonry, 2001
Masonic Revelations, 2002
Masonic Inducements, 2003
Masonic Perusings, 2004