Coleman, Patrick2018-01-312015https://hdl.handle.net/10182/8980The Orange Order, a Masonic-influenced fraternal society, from its beginnings in Ireland in 1795 rapidly spread across the British World. Historians of the Orange Order have mostly focused older male members and marginalised both female and junior members. While there has been some recent attempts to redress the lack of focus on women, whereas the children, have received scant research. To what extent did the Junior Orange Movement build and maintain membership within the Orange Order? What kind of activities did the Juniors take part in? Why did the Junior Orange Movement die off in New Zealand? Did this occur in other destinations? This paper addresses these key questions through exploring the influence of the Junior Orange Movement in the history of the Orange Order in New Zealand and overseas. These issues are important for they illuminate aspects of fraternal organisations that helped to form setter societies like New Zealand. Also this focus on the Juniors within the Orange Order demonstrates that children played an important role in the migration process as members were a part of a close-knit fraternity that was ideologically-driven and provided social activities and networks for its dispersed settler communities throughout the British World.pp.93-93enOrange movementConference Contribution - published