Founded in 1885, the Biggarsberg Unity Lodge is probably the oldest ‘club’ of its kind in the area. 
The graceful building on Beaconsfield Street is a national monument and a landmark in the town.
The Free Masons are a far more ‘open’ to membership than previously, and on Saturday members who met at the Lodge for a regular meeting were happy to be photographed.

These days the majority of members are from out of town – either Newcastle or Vryheid – with only a few from Dundee/Glencoe.
Gary Vorster of Newcastle was recently installed as Master of the Biggarsberg Unity Lodge. Gary said the Masons do a ‘tremendous amount of valuable charity work in the areas in which they operate, and the Lodge would like to be more public’.
A proposal has been made to set up a display at Talana Museum, depicting the history of the Lodge in Dundee.