Melbourne Savage Club

Melbourne Savage Club is a private Australian gentlemen's club founded in 1894, originally for professionals in the arts and sciences, later extended to politics and business.

Dr. Harvey E Astles was its first president. Sir Robert Menzies, longtime Prime Minister of Australia, served as its president from 1947 to 1962.[1] Hubert T Frederico QC[2] was president from 1974 to 1977[3]

Although an organisation with the primary aim of members providing their own entertainment, it has participated in philanthropic activities. A pair of oil paintings "The Crucifixion" and "The Annunciation" by Club member Napier Waller were presented to All Saints Church in Geelong in 1929.[4] Social events were organised with charitable and patriotic causes as beneficiaries.[5]

The Club organised purchase of its building in Bank Place, Melbourne in 1923. Rent was paid to Melbourne Savages Ltd; all profits were distributed to shareholders annually.[6]

Other notable members:

It incorporated the Yorick Club (with which it had a long and cordial rivalry, including regular cricket matches[12]) in 1966

Savage Clubs were formed in other Australian cities:

Adelaide club was founded in 1883.[13]
Perth club was founded in 1896. Dr. Harvey E Astles (past president of the Melbourne club) was its first president.[14]
Sydney club was founded in 1934.[15] Albert Collins was its president in 1936, Lindley Evans in 1954.[16]

Bibliography

Johnson, Joseph Laughter and the Love of Friends : A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club 1894-1994 and A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966 Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne 1994

References

  1. ^ http://www.melbournesavageclub.com/msc/Default.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.vicbar.com.au/webdata/VicBarNewsFiles/117%20Frederico.pdf
  3. ^ a b c d e http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/3285
  4. ^ "Paintings for Geelong Church" The Argus 28 February 1929 p.5
  5. ^ "For the Wounded" The Argus 16 Dec 1915 p.15
  6. ^ "Company News in Brief" The Argus 21 June 1941 p.2
  7. ^ Wilde, W H The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature 2nd ed. ISBN 0 19 553381X
  8. ^ http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6356
  9. ^ "Personal" The Argus 12 June 1922 p.6
  10. ^ "Zelman Memorial" The Argus 13 March 1930 p.8
  11. ^ http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/58 | Parliament of Victoria, Ted Baillieu -Member for Hawthorn, Premier of Victoria
  12. ^ "Inter-club Cricket" The Argus 13 December 1924 p.25
  13. ^ "South Australia" The Queenslander 27 October 1883 p.691
  14. ^ The West Australian 15 August 1896
  15. ^ Sydney Morning Herald 19 June 1934
  16. ^ "Seen Out And About.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia): p. 10 Section: Women's Section. 28 October 1954. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18448933. Retrieved 19 December 2011. 

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