Skip to main content
  1. The Dictionary of Sydney
  2. Roles
  3. Type
  4. Club

Club

Type - Club
50-50 Club
All Nations Club
Arts Club
Atlanta Club
Atlas League
Australian Club
CabraVale Diggers Club
Carousel Club
Castellorizian Club
Chameleons social club
Chequers nightclub
Circolo Isole Eolie
City Tattersall's Club
Clover Businesswomen's Club
Club Italia
Club Marconi Fairfield
Concordia Club
Copains Social Club
Croatian Club Jadran Hajduk
Cromer Youth Club
Cyprus Community Club Stanmore
Cyprus Hellene Club
Dalmacija Sydney Croatian Club
Danica club
Dee Why RSL club
Diamond Horseshoe Club
Epping Returned Services League Club
Feminist Club
Foresters Friendly Society
Gaiety Athletic Club
Gallipoli Club
Grand United Order of Oddfellows
Hellenic Club
Hellenic Lyceum
Italo-Australian Club
Ithacan Brotherhood
Jewel Box
King Tomislav Croatian Club
Kirribilli Club
Kit Kat Club
La Caravelle
Latvian Club
Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club
Mekong Club
Neerlandia Clubhouse
New South Wales Club
North Ryde Golf Club
Oddfellows Hall Newtown
Parramatta RSL club
Partisan
Phoenician Club
Pollynesians
Pride of Warringah Lodge of Ancient Order of Druids
Purple Onion
Rembrandt Dutch Club
Returned and Services League of Australia
Roosevelt Club
Roseville Memorial Club
Russian Social Club
St Andrew's Club
Sydney Journalists' Club
The Annexe
The Dawn Club
Women's Club
Young Communists
Ziegfeld Club

Browse

  • Browse
    • Artefacts
    • Buildings
    • Events
    • Natural Features
    • Organisations
    • People
    • Places
    • Structures
    • Entries
    • Multimedia
    • Subjects
    • Roles
    • Contributors

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Copyright
  • Contact

Footer Secondary

  • Contribute
  • Donate

Club

50-50 Club

Sydney's best known illegal casino, sly-grog nightclub and cocaine den during the 1930s.

full record »

All Nations Club

Social club founded to make connections between 'New Australians' who had arrived in Sydney after World War II and other Sydneysiders.

full record »

Arts Club

Ladies' musical and social club active in the 1930s.

full record »

Atlanta Club

Social club for Italian migrants.

full record »

Atlas League

Greek political and social organisation.

full record »

Australian Club

Private men-only club with headquarters at Macquarie Street. It is the oldest gentlemen's club in the southern hemisphere.

full record »

CabraVale Diggers Club

Club formed on Thursday, April 16, 1925 by a group of two dozen ex-service men.

full record »

Carousel Club

Nightclub in Kings Cross owned by Abe Saffron.

full record »

Castellorizian Club

Greek community and social club at Kingsford.

full record »

Chameleons social club

Social club for Sydney's gay community in the 1960s and 70s.

full record »

Chequers nightclub

Nightclub established by Chinese entrepreneurs Denis and Keith Wong which attracted a colourful and often notorious clientele to its basement location in The Strand Arcade in the 1950s. It then moved to 79 Goulburn Street.

full record »

Circolo Isole Eolie

Social club established in 1903 by Italian migrants from the Aeolian Islands

full record »

City Tattersall's Club

Club established in 1858 for members of the racing fraternity in premises that overlooked Hyde Park racecourse.

full record »

Clover Businesswomen's Club

Gay social club for women at Drummoyne.

full record »

Club Italia

Italian sports club and restaurant at Lansvale.

full record »

Club Marconi Fairfield

Social club for Australians of Italian descent.

full record »

Concordia Club

One of Sydney's oldest community clubs, the Concordia Club has been a social club for the German community since 1883, in a variety of locations.

full record »

Copains Social Club

Community cultural and social club for Mauritians in Sydney

full record »

Croatian Club Jadran Hajduk

Soccer club established in the 1960s.

full record »

Cromer Youth Club

Sporting club established in 1968

full record »

Cyprus Community Club Stanmore

Cypriot community and social club.

full record »

Cyprus Hellene Club

Social and support club for members of the Greek Cypriot community.

full record »

Dalmacija Sydney Croatian Club

Croatian social and general club in Terrey Hills.

full record »

Danica club

Croatian social and sporting club.

full record »

Dee Why RSL club

Returned services club founded on the northern beaches after World War II.

full record »

Diamond Horseshoe Club

Club located in Oxford Street ,Woollahra, where Lea Sonia would often appear in drag.

full record »

Epping Returned Services League Club

Licensed club, originally for returned servicemen, later widened to include all community members and re-named the Epping Club

full record »

Feminist Club

Women's club formed to 'work for equality of status, opportunity and payment between men and women', which concerned itself with many issues, including Aboriginal rights, child welfare and divorce law.

full record »

Foresters Friendly Society

Friendly society which provided financial support to members in need and promoted the moral, social and intellectual improvement of its members. The order began in Victoria in 1849, based on the English model of 1700s.

full record »

Gaiety Athletic Club

Boxing venue in Castlereagh Street.

full record »

Gallipoli Club

One of only two remaining former wool stores constructed for the wool industry in the nineteenth century, it was acquired as club premises in 1945 for returned service personnel.

full record »

Grand United Order of Oddfellows

Friendly society which provided financial support to members in need and promoted the moral, social and intellectual improvement of its members. The order began in Australia in 1848.

full record »

Hellenic Club

Greek cultural and social club.

full record »

Hellenic Lyceum

Greek club which offered community support and encouraged the preservation of cultural items.

full record »

Italo-Australian Club

Social club for the Italian community providing meals, dances etc.

full record »

Ithacan Brotherhood

Greek community group.

full record »

Jewel Box

Kings Cross nightclub which featured 'drag' acts.

full record »

King Tomislav Croatian Club

Croatian football club established in the 1960s

full record »

Kirribilli Club

Returned services club also incorporating the North Sydney Anzac Memorial Club.

full record »

Kit Kat Club

Nightclub in Kings Cross.

full record »

La Caravelle

Mauritian social club.

full record »

Latvian Club

Latvian club which strove to remain apolitical despite homeland upheaval between the wars which was often played out here.

full record »

Lidcombe Catholic Workmen's Club

Social club established in 1946 by the local parish priest.

full record »

Mekong Club

Vietnamese social club which became part of Penrith Panthers club.

full record »

Neerlandia Clubhouse

Club facilities constructed for the Dutch community in Frenchs Forest.

full record »

New South Wales Club

Private gentlemen's club formed for businessmen in 1884. The club merged with the Australian Club in 1969.

full record »

North Ryde Golf Club

Originally established by a private company in 1937 and incorporated as a club in its own right in 1949.

full record »

Oddfellows Hall Newtown

Oddfellows Hall constructed for the Loyal William Gane Lodge No.5 which was one of many friendly society lodges established in Sydney in the nineteenth century.

full record »

Parramatta RSL club

Community social club originally for returned servicemen formed in 1927

full record »

Partisan

Social club established in 1944 by the Yugoslav Immigrants Association. Later became the Leppington Bowling Club.

full record »

Phoenician Club

Maltese social club which operated in the former Broadway Picture Theatre on the corner of Broadway and Mountain Street Ultimo.

full record »

Pollynesians

Gay social club of the 1960s and 70s.

full record »

Pride of Warringah Lodge of Ancient Order of Druids

Warringah lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids which was established in Australia in 1851

full record »

Purple Onion

Nightclub at 83 Anzac Parade Kensington famous in the 1970s for elaborate drag shows.

full record »

Rembrandt Dutch Club

Club established by the Dutch community in 1978 to keep Dutch traditions alive in their adopted homeland.

full record »

Returned and Services League of Australia

Association which evolved as a result of the concern for the welfare of "Diggers" after the World War I. New South Wales was admitted to the League in 1917.

full record »

Roosevelt Club

Nightclub at 42 Orwell Street Potts Point which became infamous during the era of strict licensing laws in the 1940s.

full record »

Roseville Memorial Club

Social and sporting club established in 1942 as a Returned Services League sub-branch.

full record »

Russian Social Club

Pro-Soviet club formed in 1943.

full record »

St Andrew's Club

Scottish club formed in 1826.

full record »

Sydney Journalists' Club

Organisation founded in 1939 by Sydney journalists. The club occupied the third floor of Federation House at 166 Phillip Street from 1939 until 1958, and then built and occupied their own premises at Chalmers Street in Surry Hills. The club was wound up in 1997.

full record »

The Annexe

Nightclub in Kings Cross which featured 'drag' acts.

full record »

The Dawn Club

Women's club formed to discuss 'questions of importance to the sex'.

full record »

Women's Club

Social club for women active in community service and the professions. Founded by Dr Mary Booth it operates from premises at 179 Elizabeth Street.

full record »

Young Communists

Young political group known by various names which existed from 1923.

full record »

Ziegfeld Club

Nightclub in King Street Sydney which operated from 1920 and was a well known venue for drag acts.

full record »