Ski Club of Australia

{{Short description|Private club and ski lodge}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}

The Ski Club of Australia is a private club and ski lodge located in Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1920[https://books.google.com/books?id=YTW-Cpm2e1oC&dq=%22Ski+Club+of+Australia%22&pg=PR26 Historical Dictionary of Skiing] Retrieved 7 August 2013. and as its foundation pre-dated the foundation of the Ski Council of New South Wales in 1929,[https://books.google.com/books?id=XNdBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Ski+Club+of+Australia%22 The Australian Encyclopaedia, Volume 9] Retrieved 7 August 2013. it played a pivotal role in the history of skiing and ski racing in Australia. Four members of the Ski Club, Herbert Schlink, Eric Fisher, William Gordon and John Laidley, made the first winter crossing of the Snowy Mountains Main Range from Kiandra to Kosciusko in 1927.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16392683 |title=ACROSS THF SNOW. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954)|location=NSW |date=28 July 1927 |access-date=9 July 2013 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} Slalom skiing was introduced into Australia by the club.[https://books.google.com/books?id=84MWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ski+Club+of+Australia%22 The Story of Ski-ing] Retrieved 7 August 2013. The club formerly had an official role in Australian skiing and its 75th anniversary history was written by Olympian Bob Arnott.{{Citation | author1=Arnott, Robert | title=Seventy-five seasons : the Ski Club of Australia | year=1998 | publication-date=1998 | publisher=Allen & Unwin | isbn=978-1-86448-665-0 }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article0 |title=SKI CLUB OF AUSTRALIA. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954)|location=NSW |date=29 July 1954 |access-date=9 July 2013 |page=6 Section: Women |via=National Library of Australia}}