Australian Club (Melbourne)
The Australian Club in Melbourne, Australia is a gentleman's club founded in 1878 by English settlers to provide accommodation, food and refreshments, and congenial surroundings for Melbourne and Victorian businessmen.
The Club is still active and its building at 110 William Street retains its original 19th-century architecture and furniture.
Notable members
The following notable persons are known to have been members:
- Sir William John Clarke (1831–1897) landowner, stud-breeder and philanthropist[1]
- Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk (1886–1965) radio pioneer and businessman[1]
- Sir Colin Fraser (1875–1944)[2]
- Duncan Gillies (1834–1903) politician[1]
- Rupert W. Hornabrook (1871–1951)
- Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson (1875–1952) politician and lawyer[1]
- Sir James MacBain (1828–1892) businessman and politician[1]
- John Alexander MacPherson (1833–1894) politician[1]
- Sir Norman Angus Martin (1893–1978) farmer, grazier and politician[1]
- Alexander Morrison (1829–1903) schoolmaster[1]
- Sir William Herbert Phillipps (1847–1935) merchant and philanthropist in SA[1]
- Sir Alfred Roberts (1823–1898) surgeon[1]
- William Rutledge (1806–1876) merchant, banker and settler[1]
- Edmund Edmonds Smith (1847–1914) ship-owner[1]
- Sir Sydney Snow (1887–1958) retailer[1]
- Sir Colin York Syme (1903–1986) businessman[1]
- William Irving Winter-Irving (1840–1901) pastoralist[1]
- Charles William Wren (1856–1934) banker[1]
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References
- See Australian Dictionary of Biography under that head name
- John Kennett (1981). Australian Dictionary of Biography: Fraser, Sir Colin (1875–1944). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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