Weld Club
 The Weld Club from Barrack Street | |
| Formation | 1871 |
|---|---|
The Weld Club is a gentlemen's club in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1871 by members of the establishment of Perth. It was named after the then Governor of Western Australia, Sir Frederick Weld who was the first patron. The club building was designed by Talbot Hobbs and constructed in 1892.
The club was involved in raising teams in cricket in the 1890s [1]
It is situated at the corner of the Esplanade and Barrack Streets in Perth, immediately across the street from Stirling Gardens. The building has been appraised for conservation work[2]
It is listed in Heritage lists,[3] and has a number of histories of the club and building published [4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "WELD CLUB v. WORLD". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 2 April 1892. p. 28. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ John Taylor Architect; Weld Club; Heritage Council of Western Australia (2002), Conservation plan for the Weld Club, Perth, Western Australia, Distributed by the Heritage Council of W.A.], retrieved 12 June 2012
- ^ Heritage Council listing
- ^ Louch, T. S. (1966). "Appendix A: Governor Weld Patron of the Club". The First Fifty Years: The History of the Weld Club (1871–1921). Perth, Western Australia: The Weld Club.
- ^ Louch, T. S. (Thomas Steane); Weld Club (1980), The history of the Weld Club 1871-1950 ([2nd ed.] ed.), The Weld Club, retrieved 12 June 2012
- ^ De Serville, Paul (2003), 3 Barrack Street : the Weld Club 1871-2001, Helicon Press, ISBN 978-0-9586785-7-5