Adelaide Club
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| Formation | 1863 |
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| Coordinates | 34°55′19″S 138°36′00″E / 34.921888°S 138.600017°E |
The Adelaide Club is an exclusive gentlemen's club in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. Founded in 1863, the club comprises members of the Adelaide establishment.[1]
The Club's headquarters are at the Club House on North Terrace in the city-centre. The Club House was built in the same year as the club's establishment, and has been continually occupied since 1864. Facilities include a library, mixed accommodation for members and reciprocal club members, dining rooms, billiards room, function rooms and office facilities.
The equivalent elite club for women, the Queen Adelaide Club, is located a short distance to the east along North Terrace.
Members have included:[2]
- John Baker
- Arthur Blyth
- George Fife Angas
- John Howard Angas
- Henry Ayers
- Robert Barr Smith
- Alexander Downer[3]
- Thomas Elder
- James Hurtle Fisher
- Edward Angus Hamilton
- Walter Watson Hughes
- George Mayo
- John Morphett
References
- ^ Adelaide Club bid to block licence of new rooftop club above Jamie Oliver’s luxury restaurant The Advertiser, 30 May 2014, Accessed 7 November 2015.
- ^ Dirk van Dissel, ‘The Adelaide Club’, Adelaidia, History SA accessed 20 February 2016
- ^ John Huxley and Maryann Stenberg, (26 May 1994), Meanwhile, The Adelaide Club Snores On, Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 23 February 2016]
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