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Grey Lynn Druids, 1909

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Grey Lynn Druids, 1909

The United Ancient Order of Druids began in New Zealand in 1876 with a lodge in Christchurch. Within 10 years there were over 50 lodges. In this image the Grey Lynn Druids are dressed in their distinctive white hoods and gowns and long grey beards, the uniform which they regularly wore on public occasions such as processions.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 80-BIN43

by Ernest Charles Binns

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips, Men’s clubs – Friendly societies and other fraternal organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/31285/grey-lynn-druids-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 10 May 2011.