[Editor: This mini-calendar, produced by the Ancient Order of Foresters in West Hobart (Tas.), is for 1932; it is believed to have been published in 1931.]
[Front of calendar]
Ancient Order of Foresters
Calendar 1932
An Old Friend
in time of need
[Reverse of calendar]
Ancient Order of Foresters
Join Court “Pride of Tasmania” No. 5497
and avoid worry in times of sickness
Full particulars from Secretary —
J. A. Morgan,
“Tangneta,” 62, Forest Road,
West Hobart
Telephone: Central 5737.
Source:
Original document
Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 115 mm. (width), 76 mm. (height).
As this mini-calendar is for 1932, it is therefore reasonably assumed to have been published in late 1931.
The phrase “An Old Friend” was apparently intended to match the acronym for the Ancient Order of Foresters (AOF).
Ancient Order of Foresters = a friendly society founded in England in 1834, when over 300 branches seceded from the Royal Order of Foresters (a society founded in the 18th century); members of local “courts” (i.e. branches, or lodges), could obtain assistance in times of sickness or financial hardship; Courts of the AOF were established in Australia in the 1840s; in modern times, the Ancient Order of Foresters reformed itself as the Foresters Friendly Society
See: 1) “Records of the Ancient Order of Foresters, St Andrews”, Archives Hub [“Royal Foresters formed in the 18th century”]
2) “Friendly Societies: Foresters & Shepherds”, CultureNL Museums Collections [“formed in Rochdale in 1834 … over 300 branches of the Royal Foresters Society, which may have been established as early as the 1720s”]
3) “The Ancient Order of Foresters”, Epsom & Ewell History Explorer [“The earliest verifiable evidence of the Foresters’ existence is in 1790”]
4) “Ancient Order of Foresters”, Parramatta History and Heritage (City of Parramatta Council) [“established at various branches in Australia from the c.1840s”]
5) “Ancient Order of Foresters” (M. Mosley, Illustrated Guide to Christchurch and Neighbourhood, Christchurch: J. T. Smith & Co., 1885, pp. 91-93), New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (Victoria University of Wellington Library)
6) Audrey Fisk “The Ancient Order of Foresters in the Lothians”, Self Help: Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife
7) “Foresters Friendly Society”, Wikipedia
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