Sydney Bush Walkers Club

{{Short description|Australian bushwalking club}}

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The Sydney Bush Walkers Club is a bushwalking club in Australia.

Formed in 1927 by Myles Dunphy at the behest of the Mountain Trails Club, the group was originally called the Waratah Walking Club, but was renamed early on.{{cite book|author1=C. Michael Hall|author2=Stephen J. Page|title=The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQyLAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT125|date=9 May 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-04156-4|pages=125–}} Unlike its predecessor, the club was open to the general public,{{cite book|author1=Drew Hutton|author2=Libby Connors|title=History of the Australian Environment Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlsbib7EN4AC&pg=PA66|date=13 April 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-45686-9|pages=66–}} and this allowed it to increase its membership substantially; a petition presented in the same year (signed by members of both clubs) contained over 5,000 signatures.{{cite book|author1=Martin Mulligan|author2=Stuart Hill|title=Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZ5pH6RmDDoC&pg=PA141|date=22 October 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00956-0|pages=141–}}

The Sydney Bush Walkers Club continued to campaign for environmental causes throughout the 1930s{{cite book|author=Melissa Harper|title=The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7l1dfRuJ40C|year=2007|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=978-0-86840-968-9}} and although membership has fallen to around 800, it still continues to organise events.{{cite web |title=Official website |url=http://www.sbw.org.au/ |publisher=Sydney Bush Walkers |accessdate=5 June 2018}}

Notable members of the club have included Marie Byles, Paddy Pallin, and Dot Butler.