User:Stephenlake/Pipeclay Club

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The Pipeclay Club was established on the 16th May, 1881 in Melbourne, Victoria. The Foundation President was Lieutenant-Colonel (later Colonel) R. W. Rede.

The Club's first meeting was at the Earl of Zetland Hotel in Swanston Street. Within a year the Club had moved to 'a handsome suite of rooms' at Clement's Royal Arcade Hotel, in Little Collins Street, near the Victoria ArcadeH. S. Legge, The Naval and Military Club, Melbourne, 1881-1962 Published by the Committee of the Club, Melbourne, 1962, p. 3. .