By Juanita Kwok, 13 November 2025 This Chinese Masonic Badge belonged to Charles Yow Senior (b. China 1862, d. Bathurst 1927). Charles Yow Sr was a member of the Chinese Masonic Lodge in Bathurst. The front of the medal has the Chinese character for “award”. The character on the back means “company” or “society” and is the same term for society used in the name of the Yee Hing Society [an earlier name for the Chinese Masonic Society].[1] Chinese Masonic Badge that belonged to Charles Yow Senior. Photos by Juanita Kwok Charles Yow Senior Charles Yow Senior came out from China when he was 14 and married Carcoar-born Mary Mook San in 1907.[2] Their first child Charles was Charles Yow Junior (Chinese name Loong Ah Yow, b. 1908 Wallerawang, d. 1985 Bathurst). The Yows had a market garden at White Rock before moving to Brewongle and then Morrisset Street, Bathurst. Charles Yow Senior died in Bathurst in 1927 and is...Read More