Melbourne Savage Club
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Melbourne Savage Club is a private Australia
n 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.
Hubert T Frederico QC was president from 1974 to 1977
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. Social events were organised with charitable and patriotic causes as beneficiaries.
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.
Other notable members:
It incorporated the Yorick Club (with which it had a long and cordial rivalry, including regular cricket matches) in 1966
Savage Clubs were formed in other Australian cities:
Australia
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n gentlemen's club
Gentlemen's club
A gentlemen's club is a members-only private club of a type originally set up by and for British upper class men in the eighteenth century, and popularised by English upper-middle class men and women in the late nineteenth century. Today, some are more open about the gender and social status of...
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.
Hubert T Frederico QC was president from 1974 to 1977
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
Napier Waller
Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media. He is perhaps best known for the mosaics and stained glass for the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, completed in 1958...
were presented to All Saints Church in Geelong in 1929. Social events were organised with charitable and patriotic causes as beneficiaries.
The Club organised purchase of its building in Bank Place, Melbourne
Bank Place, Melbourne
Bank Place is a street in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a short, narrow laneway, running south from Little Collins Street between Queen Street and William Street in the central business district of Melbourne....
in 1923. Rent was paid to Melbourne Savages Ltd; all profits were distributed to shareholders annually.
Other notable members:
- J C F Johnson (writer)
- Sir Arthur StreetonArthur StreetonSir Arthur Ernest Streeton was an Australian landscape painter.-Early life:Streeton was born in Mount Duneed, near Geelong, and his family moved to Richmond in 1874. In 1882, Streeton commenced art studies with G. F. Folingsby at the National Gallery School.Streeton was influenced by French...
(painter) - Sir John LongstaffJohn LongstaffSir John Campbell Longstaff was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize. He was a cousin of Will Longstaff, also a painter....
(painter) - Frederick McCubbinFrederick McCubbinFrederick McCubbin was an Australian painter who was prominent in the Heidelberg School, one of the more important periods in Australia's visual arts history....
(painter) - David Low (cartoonist)
- Alfred VincentAlfred VincentAlfred James Vincent was an Australian cartoonist born in Launceston, Tasmania.Alf Vincent contributed work to Melbourne Punch from 1895, in 1896 succeeding Tom Carrington as feature artist....
(cartoonist who designed the Club emblem) - King Hedley (actor)
- Roy Cecil Hodgkinson (cartoonist)
- Norman MacGeorge
- William DargieWilliam DargieSir William Alexander Dargie CBE was an Australian painter, known especially for his portrait paintings. He holds the record for the most Archibald Prize wins; eight. He was an official Australian War Artist during World War II.- Biography :William Dargie was born in Footscray, Victoria, the first...
(portraitist) - Alex GurneyAlexander George GurneyAlexander George "Alex" Gurney was an Australian artist, caricaturist, and cartoonist born at Pasley House, Stoke, Devonport , England.-Family:...
(cartoonist) - Alberto ZelmanAlberto ZelmanAlberto Zelman was an Australian musician and conductor, and founder of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra....
(musician) - Ted BaillieuTed BaillieuEdward Norman "Ted" Baillieu MLA is an Australian politician. He is currently the Premier of Victoria and the member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Hawthorn...
(politician) - John Elliott (businessman)John Elliott (businessman)John Dorman Elliott is a former president of the Liberal Party, and former president of Carlton Football Club. In 2003 he was found guilty of trading while insolvent and in 2005 declared bankrupt...
(prominent Australian businessman)
It incorporated the Yorick Club (with which it had a long and cordial rivalry, including regular cricket matches) in 1966
Savage Clubs were formed in other Australian cities:
- AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
club was founded in 1883. - PerthPerth, Western AustraliaPerth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
club was founded in 1896. Dr. Harvey E Astles (past president of the Melbourne club) was its first president. - SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
club was founded in 1934. Albert CollinsAlbert Collins (painter)Albert E. Collins was an Australian painter, teacher and actor born in New Zealand. After a successful career in painting and teaching he joined ABC radio, where he gave pleasure to a generation of children as "Joe" of the Children's Session and the main character in the long-running serial...
was its president in 1936.