Commonwealth Club of Adelaide

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The Commonwealth Club of Adelaide was a South Australian men's social club, whose members were mostly high-ranking officials, successful businessmen and professionals. The club never had rooms of its own, but met once a month for a catered lunch in one or other of Adelaide's large cafes (Bricknell's, Balfour's or Bishop's) or, for high-profile guest speakers, the Adelaide Town Hall. Meetings consisted mostly of talks by members or guest speakers, followed by discussions and socializing. As with most service clubs, talks and discussions were expected to be non-sectarian in religion and non-partisan in politics. The club was formed as a result of a meeting called for March 1910 at the Adelaide Town Hall by S. H. Skipper, a popular Adelaide barrister, and son of journalist Spencer Skipper.[1]

Famous figures who addressed the Club include Oscar Asche, Lord Baden-Powell, Colin Bednall, Lord Bruce, W. W. Campbell (of Lick Observatory), Noël Coward, Alfred Deakin, Anthony Eden, Andrew Fisher, Bert Hinkler, William Morris Hughes, Sir Harry Lauder, Douglas Mawson, Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery, Sir Ross Smith and Sir Keith Smith, G. S. Titheradge, Sir Archibald Weigall, G. H. Wilkins.

History

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Club year
April–		 President Secretary Members Notes
1910 Sir John Gordon S. H. Skipper — [1]
1911 Sir John Gordon Skipper 224 [2]
1912 Sir Charles Goode Skipper 286 [3]
1913 Sir John Downer Skipper 306 [4]
1914 Downer Skipper 484 [5]
1915 Sir John Downer Skipper 588 Guests inc. 60 members of BAAS[6]
1916 W. B. Wilkinson Skipper 568
1917 Wilkinson Skipper Skipper enlisted with AIF in July[7]
1918 W. B. Wilkinson John Hayter Reed[a] 594 [7]
1919 A. A. Lendon Reed 592 [9]
1920 A. A. Lendon Skipper 676 [10]
1921 F. W. Richards KC W. Fowler-Brownworth 750 [11]
1922 F. W. Richards KC W. Fowler-Brownworth 788 [12]
1923 S. H. Skipper E. C. Harvey[b] 929
1924 Skipper Harvey 913 [13]
1925 Skipper Harvey 934 [14]
1926 S. H. Skipper Harvey 922 [15]
1927 J. B. Hughes Harvey 970 [16]
1928 S. Price Weir Percy H. Andrews[c] 1,014 [17]
1929 J. G. Sinclair Andrews 1,058 [18]
1930 Andrew D. Young Andrews 1,017 [19]
1931 S. W. Jeffries Andrews 1,004 [20]
1932 R. L. Leane Andrews 965 nett loss £27/8/8[21]
1933 G. I. B. Sheridan Andrews [22]
1934 Charles Buxton Anderson Andrews 929 [23]
1935 Reg Walker Andrews [24]
1936 George Ernest Willson Andrews 975 [25]
1937 Benjamin Hill Gillman Andrews 1,000+ [26]
1938 E. L. Bean[d] Andrews 956 net loss £6/1/5[27]
1939 Edwin Henry Peake Andrews [28]
1940 G. S. Reed Andrews 1018 [29]
1941 A. Grenfell Price Andrews [30]
1942 Sir Herbert Hudd Andrews
1943 J. Wallace Sandford Andrews [31]
1944 Don Bradman Andrews 1,222 [32]
1945 Charles Duguid Andrews 1,138 [33]
1946 Douglas Mawson Andrews 1,125 [34]
1947 Sidney Powell[e] Andrews 1104 [36]
1948 Ewen M. Waterman Percy H. Andrews 1155 Andrews resigned[37]
1949 R. F. Middleton[f] Lance Milne[39] 1218 [40]
1950 R. R. Chamberlain KC[g] Milne[42] [43]
1951 R. H. Chapman[h] [45]
1952 Roland E. Jacobs 1,195 [46]
1953 G. C. Ligertwood 1,106 [47]
1954 G. S. McDonald Meeting 10 May not reported
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960

Notes

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  1. ^ John Hayter Reed (c. 1866–1934) was a banker and Red Cross executive.[8]
  2. ^ Eric Charles Harvey (died 11 December 1937) was an Adelaide accountant about whom little has been found.
  3. ^ Percival Henry Andrews (1879–1950) was an accountant.
  4. ^ Edgar Layton Bean ( – ) was a lawyer, Parliamentary Draftsman and chairman of the Police Appeals Board
  5. ^ Sidney Powell was an Adelaide accountant and company director, president of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce 1940–42, and Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia 1953–4.[35]
  6. ^ Roy Foster Middleton (1889–) was businessman and fine cricketer, chairman of the cricket board of control from 1952.[38]
  7. ^ Reginald Roderick St Clair Chamberlain KC was appointed Crown Solicitor in 1928[41]
  8. ^ Robert Hall Chapman (1890–1953) was an engineer, son of Professor R. W. Chapman. He designed the railway bridge at Murray Bridge, became Railways Commissioner in 1947.[44]

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