Sir Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith (1897-1935).

Kingsford-Smith was an early Aviator, known as Smithy to his friends. He was born in Brisbane, then moved to Sydney where he grew up. After leaving school at the age of 16 he become an engineering apprentice. He joined the Australian Army in 1915 and was a motorcycle despatch rider on the Gallipoli campaign. He later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 after being shot down.

In 1928 Australian pilots Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, along with two US crewmen, became the first people to cross the Pacific Ocean by air in their three-engine Fokker aircraft, the Southern Cross. Sydney’s first airport is named after Kingsford Smith. The Southern Cross is on display at Brisbane airport. Charles Kingsford-Smith was knighted in 1932.

Walt Disney (1901-1966).

The creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of Disneyland

Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in Steamboat Willie, the world’s first fully synchronized sound cartoon, which premiered in New York in 1928. Disney then introduced, full-color, feature-length cartoons and developments in camera technology.

Disney was a pioneer in the field of television programming, begining production in 1954. Disneyland, was launched in 1955 as a fabulous $17 million Magic Kingdom; it soon increased its investment tenfold and by its fourth decade, was entertaining more than 400 million people.

Walt Disney's worldwide popularity was based upon imagination, optimism and his self-made success.

Mel Gibson.

An American actor and film producer. Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old.

Mel Gibson studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. During the 1980s, he founded a production company Icon Entertainment.

Gibson produced, directed, and starred in Braveheart, a historical epic, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Academy Award for Best Picture.

He also directed and produced "The Passion of the Christ", a biblical drama.

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727).

Isaac Newton was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.

Brother Newton was educated at Trinity College in England, where he developed his keen interest in mathematics. It was there that he began to work out the principles of what would later become Calculus. His invention of Calculus revolutionized mathematics and has influenced the science for centuries.

Throughout his education and quest for discovery, the Masonic principles of inquiry and free-thought influenced and guided him to pierce the veil of nature’s mysteries.

In mechanics, his three laws of motion, established the basic principles of modern physics, this resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation. Newton himself often told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree.

Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope and developed a sophisticated theory of colour based on the observation that a prism separates white light into the colours of the visible spectrum.

In his later life Isaac Newton became warden of the Royal Mint and then went on to be Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Freemasonry, as a fraternal order of scientists and philosophers, emerged in the 17th century and represented something new; that allowed the creative genius of Isaac Newton's Science and Philosophy and his contemporaries to flourish. This remarkable man’s life changed the course of human endeavours, beginning with his humble birth in 1643.

Phil Collins.

English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor who rose to fame in the music world in the 1970s and ’80s.

Collins’s big break came in 1970 when he won a position as a drummer for the progressive rock band Genesis. From 1970 to 1975, he played drums, percussion, and sang backing vocals on Genesis albums and concerts. Collins stayed with Genesis until 1996, he also began a solo career in 1981.

As a solo performer his albums featured pop songs that appealed to more general audiences. In 1981 Collins released his debut solo album Face Value, featuring “In the Air Tonight” as its lead single. The song became an international hit, reaching number two on the U.K. charts. Phil Collins was the winner of multiple Grammy Awards in the 1980s and ’90s.

Brother Phil Collins is a member of Soho Lodge No.3

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954).

A Physcist considered to be the architect of the nuclear age.

Fermi was initiated into Masonic Lodge "Adriano Lemmi" in Italy in 1924. In 1938 Enrico Fermi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Fermi relocated to the USA in 1939 to escape new racial laws that affected his wife.

Enrico Fermi is also known for "The Fermi Paradox"; the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the high probability of its existence.

Brad Paisley.

Brad Paisley is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has sold over 12 million albums and has won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, and two American Music Awards. Brad has also earned country music's crowning achievement, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Brad Paisley is an active Freemason, a member of Hiram Lodge #4 in Franklin, Tennessee.

An inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader Winston Churchill led Britian to victory in the Second World War. He served as Prime Minister twice from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955.

Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire into the wealthy, aristocratic Spencer family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Mahdist War (Anglo-Sudan War), and the Second Boer War, later gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns.

Out of government in the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat of militarism in Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. In May 1940, he became prime minister, succeeding Neville Chamberlain. Churchill formed a national government and oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against the Axis powers.

Churchills response to Adolf Hitler’s challenge brought him an alliance with Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America and with the Russian Communist leader Joseph Stalin. Working together they shaped the Allied strategy in the Second World War.

Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his many published works.

Winston Churchill died in 1965, and for his service was honoured with a state funeral.

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