{{Short description |Private social club in Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English |date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates |date=January 2014}} {{Infobox organization | name = Wld Club | logo = | image = | caption = | named_after = Frederick Weld | successor = | formation = 8 August 1871 | founder = | dissolved = | type = Male-only social club | headquarters = Barrack Street, Perth, Australia | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | services = | membership = {{wikidata |property |current |P2124 }}{{EditAtWikidata|pid=P2124}} | num_members_year = {{wikidata |property |qualifier |current |P2124 |P585 |format=%q }} | language = English | website = [https://weld.club/home-visitors/ www.weld.club] {{Infobox building | embed = yes | name = Weld Club | image = Weld club2.jpg | caption = Weld Club building as viewed from the eastern side of Barrack Street | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-marker-colour = #7B6660 | mapframe-stroke-colour = #C60C30 | mapframe-zoom = 16 | construction_start_date = {{start date and age|1891}} | completion_date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata |property |Q112078948 |P1619 }}}}{{EditAtWikidata |qid=Q112078948 |pid=P1619}}<ref name='Paurics"newbuilding"' /> | building_type = Heritage-listed building | location = 3 Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia | coordinates = {{coord |qid=Q112078948 |region:AU-WA_type:landmark_dim:{{wikidata |property |qualifier |raw |Q112078948 |P625 |P2386 |format=%q}} |name={{wikidata |property |Q112078948 |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}}{{EditAtWikidata |qid=Q112078948 |pid=P625}} | embedded = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = State Register of Heritage Places | designation1_offname = | designation1_type = State Registered Place | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 17 April 2003 | delisted1_date = | designation1_partof = | designation1_number = {{SRHP|{{wikidata |property |Q112078948 |P2618}}}} }} }} }}
The '''Weld Club''' is a private male-only social club in Perth, Western Australia.<ref name="smi18" /><ref name="rob21" /> 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.
==Building== {{As of |2022|05}}, the club occupies a building designed by Talbot Hobbs and constructed in 1892 by the Bunning Brothers,<ref name='Paurics"newbuilding"' /><ref name="howy14" /> 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,<ref name="jta02" /> it is heritage-listed and has a number of histories of both the club and building published.<ref name="hc" /><ref name="lou66" /><ref name="lou80" /><ref name="des03" />
==See also== *Karrakatta Club *Western Australian Club {{-}} ==References== <references> <ref name=Paurics"newbuilding">{{cite news |title=The Weld Club's New Building |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77391226 |access-date=15 June 2020 |work=The Daily News |date=2 January 1892 |location=Perth |page=2 }}</ref>
<ref name="des03">{{cite book |last=De Serville |first=Paul |title=3 Barrack Street: the Weld Club 1871–2001 |year=2003 |publication-date=2003 |publisher=Helicon Press |location=Wahroonga |isbn=978-0-9586785-7-5 |oclc=223836514 }}</ref>
<ref name="hc">{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/T%20Reg/The%20Weld%20Club%20%28P%29.PDF |title=Register of Heritage Places – Permanent Entry: The Weld Club |date=2003-04-17 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204155058/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/T%20Reg/The%20Weld%20Club%20(P).PDF |archive-date=2012-02-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-05-20 }}</ref>
<ref name="howy14">{{cite news |title=The exclusive, all-male history of Perth's Weld Club |first1=Kimberly |last1=Howie |first2=Emma |last2=Wynne |date=2014-04-29 |work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-29/weld-club-perth-history/5416386 |access-date=2022-05-22 }}</ref>
<ref name="jta02">{{cite book |first1=John |last1=Taylor |author2=Weld Club |author3=Heritage Council of Western Australia |title=Conservation plan for the Weld Club, Perth, Western Australia |publication-date=2002 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |location=East Perth |oclc=225593708 }}</ref>
<ref name="lou66">{{cite book |last=Louch |first=Thomas Steane |year=1966 |title=The First Fifty Years: The History of the Weld Club (1871–1921) |chapter=Appendix A: Governor Weld Patron of the Club |location=Perth, Western Australia |publisher=The Weld Club }}</ref>
<ref name="lou80">{{cite book |last1=Louch |first1=Thomas Steane |author2=Weld Club |title=The History of the Weld Club 1871–1950 |publication-date=1980 |publisher=Weld Club |location=Perth |edition=2nd |oclc=220061686 }}</ref>
<ref name="rob21">{{cite news |title=Perth's Weld Club laid bare |first1=Myriam |last1=Robin |date=2021-06-21 |work=Australian Financial Review|url=https://www.afr.com/rear-window/perth-s-weld-club-laid-bare-20210620-p582m9 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621185010/https://www.afr.com/rear-window/perth-s-weld-club-laid-bare-20210620-p582m9 |archive-date=2021-06-21 |access-date=2022-05-22 }}</ref>
<ref name="smi18">{{cite news |title=Perth's private clubs fail test of time and relevance |first1=Sean |last1=Smith |date=2018-08-04 |work=The West Australian|url=https://thewest.com.au/business/perths-private-clubs-fail-test-of-time-and-relevance-ng-b88915873z.amp |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804115247/https://thewest.com.au/business/perths-private-clubs-fail-test-of-time-and-relevance-ng-b88915873z.amp |archive-date=2018-08-04 |access-date=2022-05-22 }}</ref> </references>
==Further reading== *{{cite news |title=Discrimination ruling over Mona's Ladies Lounge raise questions about women-only, men-only spaces |first=Eliza |last=Kloser |date=2024-04-11 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-11/discrimination-ruling-mona-ladies-lounge-when-is-exclusion-ok/103690878 |access-date=2024-04-11 |quote=Men-only and women-only social clubs are allowed under a specific exemption about 'clubs' which can discriminate based on gender for the benefit of club and that it is provided to both men and women separately. }}
==External links== *[https://weld.club/home-visitors/ Official website]
Category:Clubs and societies in Western Australia Category:Gentlemen's clubs in Australia Category:Organizations established in 1871 Category:Organisations based in Perth, Western Australia Category:1871 establishments in Australia