Talk:The Lodge, Australia

Freemasons
Do you reckon it is just a coincidence that 40% of the Prime Ministers are Freemasons, and that their residence is called 'The Lodge' (see Grand Lodge). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.30.44.10 (talk) 13:59, 9 December 2004 (UTC)

Women's Weekly
It seems the latter half of the article was written by Women's Weekly... --Hack 07:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

NPOV
How does the word "modest" apply in the first sentence? A forty room georgian style mansion; modest. Talk User:Fissionfox 11:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

There is no such thing as the "Prime Ministerial Crest". The dinner service has the Australian Coat of Arms on it.

I have changed "Prime Ministerial family" to "Prime Minister's family" to reflect Australian usage.

Are there really forty rooms?

The photograph of Mrs Hawke is obviously reversed - observe the piano!

I must say this article is very badly written. Anglicant (talk) 23:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

The photos for the lodge in the 1930's and in 1950 are exactly the same, except that the latter is in black & white. Note the clouds and flowers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikeyq6 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Grand old lodge
Like the opening of our parliament, and the home of the prime minister, “Freemason's rule the country”, (Simpsons- Mr Burns Casino). How ever, the Monarch rules the land, builder's build. People work, priest's pray, and Freemason's are free to do as they will as it is the law. (as we are all to be born free in the Monarch's land) The only question left to answer is, “why did John Howard not move in?”. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.171.196.193 (talk) 03:32, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I have read that the plumbing was faulty, the roof was leaking, there was asbestos and ..... it sounded like someone had put off renovations for decades because they'd take a long, long time. Julia Gillard finally bit the bullet and signed up for the renovations. There was a bit of revenge involved, because she knew the ALP would lose and she could deny Tony Abbott his place in the Lodge for a while. It is still going on, and nobody says, it'll be finished next week. You know how it is when you have to renovate something in that style, there's a snag around every corner. It's at least 17 months now. Abbott could well be the PM who never lived in The Lodge. 58.174.224.91 (talk) 06:06, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Link
Link [1] gives a 404.. TheRealRendrag (talk) 08:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Check Date
The article lists that kitchen renovations occurred under Whitlam in 1977. Whitlam was dismissed in 1975. Either the date is wrong, or the article should list Fraser as the resident of the lodge. is somebody able to verify? 203.26.235.14 (talk) 11:44, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

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Title
I don't know of any other Australian places called "The Lodge", but when anyone thinks of this Lodge, they think not of Australia generically but of Canberra specifically. Similarly, the White House has an association with Washington, not the USA at large, and 10 Downing Street is in London, not England or the UK.

I suggest it be moved to The Lodge (Canberra). --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  20:46, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Images

 * File:Australian Prime Minister's Lodge.jpg - Date 	1930s
 * File:TheLodge1950.jpg - "as seen in 1950"

Two of the images in the article are contradictory. Either the plants in the foreground throw their flowers in exactly the same location year after year or one (or both) of the photos is misdated. Pinging the images' contributors -, , , &. -- Cabayi (talk) 15:02, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Digging further, there are three copies at the NLA website with different dates and attribution... -- Cabayi (talk) 15:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 1930s by Boland
 * 1940 by Strangman
 * 1950 by Strangman

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