- Melbourne Savage Club
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Melbourne Savage Club is a private Australian gentlemen's club founded in 1894, primarily for professionals in the arts and sciences, 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:
- J C F Johnson (writer)[7]
- Sir Arthur Streeton (painter)
- Sir John Longstaff (painter)
- Frederick McCubbin (painter)
- David Low (cartoonist)
- Alfred Vincent (cartoonist who designed the Club emblem)[8]
- King Hedley (actor) [9]
- Roy Cecil Hodgkinson (cartoonist)[3]
- Norman MacGeorge[3]
- William Dargie (portraitist)[3]
- Alex Gurney (cartoonist)[3]
- Alberto Zelman (musician)[10]
- Ted Baillieu (politician)[11]
- John Elliott (businessman) (prominent Australian businessman)
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.
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
- ^ http://www.melbournesavageclub.com/msc/Default.aspx
- ^ http://www.vicbar.com.au/webdata/VicBarNewsFiles/117%20Frederico.pdf
- ^ a b c d e http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/3285
- ^ "Paintings for Geelong Church" The Argus 28 February 1929 p.5
- ^ "For the Wounded" The Argus 16 Dec 1915 p.15
- ^ "Company News in Brief" The Argus 21 June 1941 p.2
- ^ Wilde, W H The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature 2nd ed. ISBN 0 19 553381X
- ^ http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6356
- ^ "Personal" The Argus 12 June 1922 p.6
- ^ "Zelman Memorial" The Argus 13 March 1930 p.8
- ^ http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/58 | Parliament of Victoria, Ted Baillieu -Member for Hawthorn, Premier of Victoria
- ^ "Inter-club Cricket" The Argus 13 December 1924 p.25
- ^ "South Australia" The Queenslander 27 October 1883 p.691
- ^ The West Australian 15 August 1896
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald 19 June 1934
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Coordinates: 37°48′59.73″S 144°57′37.5″E / 37.8165917°S 144.960417°E
Categories:- Arts organisations based in Australia
- Melbourne culture
- Organisations based in Melbourne
- Buildings and structures in Melbourne
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