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The Queen Adelaide Club, cnr North Terrace and Stephens Place, Adelaide

The Queen Adelaide Club is an exclusive women's club, similar to a gentlemen's club, in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide.

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History

The club is named for Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, after whom the city of Adelaide was named. Founded in 1909, the club was set up by women of the Adelaide Establishment "who wanted a social centre with a certain standard of living and were prepared to pay for it". [1]

The club is located at the corner of North Terrace and Stephens Place in the city centre, a short distance east along North Terrace from its previously all-male equivalent, the Adelaide Club, established in 1864.

Unlike the purpose-built Adelaide Club building, the Queen Adelaide Club occupies late 19th and early 20th Century buildings which had originally been residences and doctors' consulting rooms. [2]

When first established, the club offered residential accommodation. [1]

Description

The Queen Adelaide Club is affiliated with similar establishments within Australia and internationally, where members can enjoy reciprocal rights. [3]

It no longer offers accommodation, as the Adelaide Club now offers mixed accommodation. [1]

Proposed expansion

In June 2014, Adelaide's Sunday Mail reported that the club had gained approval to knock down two of its three heritage-listed buildings, and build a 21-storey building. The first six (above ground) levels were planned to contain expanded club facilities, and the upper 14 levels were planned to contain pairs of three-bedroom apartments. The third heritage-listed building, at the corner of Stephens Place and North Terrace, was to be retained as the main entrance to the ground floor of the tower, with an adjacent "high end retail tenancy". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Queen Adelaide Club > Club history Archived 8 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 January 2013.
  2. Rundle Mall Management Authority > Adelaide Club and Queen Adelaide Club Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 30 January 2013.
  3. Queen Adelaide Club > Affiliates Accessed 30 January 2013.
  4. Williams, Tim (28 June 2014). "Queen Adelaide Club orders up a 21-storey tower". Sunday Mail (SA) . Retrieved 3 July 2014.

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