Weld Club
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The Weld Club is an exclusive Gentlemen's club in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1871 by former British military officers. It was named after the then Governor of Western Australia, Sir Frederick Weld with the club building designed by Talbot Hobbs and constructed in 1892. Weld was the first patron of the club. Foundation members were recruited almost exclusively from senior military ranks with the colony, but these were gradually joined by men from pioneer families and men with mining or pastoral interests.
The last resident members left in 1979 and a large part of the property was sold off in the 1980s to fund a redevelopment of the remaining grounds. Despite frequent calls for the policy to be relaxed, the club continues to be exclusively for men only.
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[edit] Building
The club building is situated across the road from Stirling Gardens on the corner of Barrack Street and The Esplanade.
It is listed in the Heritage Council of Western Australia database as: a two-storey Federation Queen Anne style brick and timber building with prominent tower belvedere located in landscaped grounds, the perimeter of which is marked by brick boundary walls. The place has close associations with the exercise of political and social power in the Colony before representative government. The place houses what is recognised in the general community as being one of the leading private gentlemen's clubs in Western Australia.
[edit] See also
- Karrakatta Club
- The Western Australian Club
[edit] References
- 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.
