It counts sitting MPs and prominent Brisbane businessmen among its current members.
And for hundreds of years it has remained one the world's most secretive societies.
But will a new book launched in Brisbane yesterday really lift the lid on the mysterious Freemason fraternity?
It's No Secret: Real Men Wear Aprons is the first official insider's document about the group in Australia, which boasts about 4000 members in Brisbane alone.
The aim of the book was to uncover some of the myths about Freemasonry, some of which have allegedly been exacerbated by the latest Dan Brown novel, The Lost Symbol.
read more The secret life of them
And for hundreds of years it has remained one the world's most secretive societies.
But will a new book launched in Brisbane yesterday really lift the lid on the mysterious Freemason fraternity?
It's No Secret: Real Men Wear Aprons is the first official insider's document about the group in Australia, which boasts about 4000 members in Brisbane alone.
The aim of the book was to uncover some of the myths about Freemasonry, some of which have allegedly been exacerbated by the latest Dan Brown novel, The Lost Symbol.
read more The secret life of them