Summary
Badge - FHA, 1966. Gold and light blue coloured pin for the Freemasons Hospital Association. FHA pins were purchased by Freemasons to support the Freemasons Hospital and to discreetly show membership of the organisation. The pins were purchased at a local lodge level, with each lodge having a member designated as a Freemason Hospital representative.
Part of collection of badges collected by Jim Cooper, a veteran member of the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW Branch) and Union and political activist before his death in 1984. His daughter passed the badges on to Alf Zeeno, ex-secretary of the BWIU, with a request that they be donated to the museum.
Physical Description
A circular blue pin, metal with the letters 'FHA' and the date '1966' written in gold coloured writing on the front. Gold-coloured pin at the back.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Politics & Society
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Alfred Zeeno, 14 Aug 1990
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Date Made
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Inscriptions
FHA / 66
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
4.8 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Societies, Trade Unions, Working Life, Hospital Fundraising, Freemasons
