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Weld Club
Private social club in Perth, Western Australia
The Weld Club is a private male-only social club in Perth, Western Australia.[2][3] Founded in 1871 as a gentlemen's club, it is named after Frederick Weld, the chronologically first patron of the club and the Governor of Western Australia at the time.
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Formation | 8 August 1871; 152 years ago (8 August 1871) |
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Type | Male-only social club |
Headquarters | Barrack Street |
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Membership (2021) | 666 |
Official language | English |
Website | weldclub |
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Type | Heritage-listed building |
Location | 3 Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia |
Coordinates | 31°57′24″S 115°51′33″E |
Construction started | 1891; 133 years ago (1891) |
Completed | 22 December 1892; 131 years ago (22 December 1892) [1] |
Type | State Registered Place |
Designated | 17 April 2003 |
Reference no. | 1950 |
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As of May 2022[update], the club occupies a building designed by Talbot Hobbs and constructed in 1892 by the Bunning Brothers,[1][4] the founders of Bunnings, for the organisation. It is situated at the corner of The Esplanade and Barrack Street, immediately across the street from Stirling Gardens. Appraised for conservation work,[5] it is heritage-listed and has a number of histories of both the club and building published.[6][7][8][9]
- "The Weld Club's New Building". The Daily News. Perth. 2 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- Smith, Sean (4 August 2018). "Perth's private clubs fail test of time and relevance". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Robin, Myriam (21 June 2021). "Perth's Weld Club laid bare". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Howie, Kimberly; Wynne, Emma (29 April 2014). "The exclusive, all-male history of Perth's Weld Club". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- "Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry: The Weld Club" (PDF). Heritage Council of Western Australia. 17 April 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- Louch, Thomas Steane (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.
- De Serville, Paul (2003). 3 Barrack Street: the Weld Club 1871–2001. Wahroonga: Helicon Press. ISBN 978-0-9586785-7-5. OCLC 223836514.