Queen Adelaide Club

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".[http://www.queenadelaideclub.com/layouts/mp_standard/Template.aspx?page=Club+History&ComeFromCat=603 Queen Adelaide Club > Club history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208180916/http://www.queenadelaideclub.com/layouts/mp_standard/Template.aspx?page=Club+History&ComeFromCat=603 |date=8 February 2015 }} Accessed 30 January 2013.

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.[http://rundlemall.com.au/about/adelaide-club-queen-adelaide-club-rundle-mall.shtml Rundle Mall Management Authority > Adelaide Club and Queen Adelaide Club] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410085348/http://rundlemall.com.au/about/adelaide-club-queen-adelaide-club-rundle-mall.shtml |date=10 April 2013 }} Accessed 30 January 2013.

When first established, the club offered residential accommodation.

The Queen Adelaide Club is affiliated with similar establishments within Australia and internationally, where members can enjoy reciprocal rights.[http://www.queenadelaideclub.com/layouts/mp_standard/Template.aspx?page=Affiliates Queen Adelaide Club > Affiliates] Accessed 30 January 2013.

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

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".{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Tim|title=Queen Adelaide Club orders up a 21-storey tower|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/queen-adelaide-club-orders-up-a-21storey-tower/story-fni6uo1m-1226970161988|access-date=3 July 2014|work=Sunday Mail (SA)|date=28 June 2014}}

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• Susan Magarey (2009) Looking Backward: Looking Forward. A History of the Queen Adelaide Club 1909-2009. Queen Adelaide Club, Adelaide, 2009.

• {{official|https://queenadelaideclub.com/}}

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Category:1909 establishments in Australia

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Category:Clubs and societies in South Australia

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