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'''Melbourne Savage Club''' is a private Australian [[gentlemen's club]] founded in 1894 and named after the poet, Richard Savage. Bohemian in spirit, the club was to bring together literary men, and those immediately connected or sympathising with literature, the arts, sport or science. Its membership is particularly secretive with a strong code of silence; members are traditionally the elite or 'savages' in the arts, business and politics. Travelling savages enjoy good fellowship through reciprocal arrangements with other private clubs throughout the world.

==History==
The Melbourne Savage Club, a gentlemen's club, was founded in 1894.<ref name="welcome">[http://www.melbournesavageclub.com/msc/Default.aspx Melbourne Savage Club: Welcome to the Melbourne Savage Club] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402080928/http://www.melbournesavageclub.com/msc/Default.aspx |date=2 April 2010 ))</ref><ref name="lawrencemoney">Lawrence Money, [http://www.smh.com.au/national/melbourne-life/the-ace-of-clubs-20120417-1x5pn.html The ace of clubs], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 18 April 2012</ref> Like the London-based [[Savage Club]], established in 1857, it was named after [[Richard Savage (poet)|Richard Savage]] (1697-1743), an English poet.<ref name="welcome"/><ref name="lawrencemoney"/> Dr. [[Harvey E. Astles]] was the first President of the Melbourne Savage Club. In 1915, [[Hans Heysen]] donated a painting to the club.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H4asrZ-CNQkC&dq=%22Melbourne+Savage+Club%22&pg=PA406 Peter Monteath (ed.), ''Germans'', Wakefield Press, p. 406]</ref> [[Sir Robert Menzies]], longtime Prime Minister of Australia, served as its President from 1947 to 1962.<ref name="lawrencemoney"/><ref>Allan William Martin, Patsy Hardy, ''Robert Mezies: A Life'', Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 84</ref> The club incorporated the [[Yorick Club (Melbourne)|Yorick Club]] (with which it had a long and cordial rivalry, including regular cricket matches) in 1966.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2085758 "Inter-club Cricket" ''The Argus'' 13 December 1924 p.25]</ref> [[Hubert T. Frederico]], QC, was President from 1974 to 1977.<ref name="daao">((Cite web|url=http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/3285|title = Roy Cecil Hodgkinson :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online))</ref> In 2012, the President was Robert Heathcote.<ref name="lawrencemoney"/> The President as of 2016 is Ian Baillieu.

Although an organisation with the primary aim of members providing their own entertainment, it regularly participates in philanthropic activities. A pair of oil paintings "The Crucifixion" and "The Annunciation" by Club member [[Napier Waller]] were presented to All Saints Church in [[Geelong]] in 1929.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3987906 "Paintings for Geelong Church" ''The Argus'' 28 February 1929 p.5]</ref> Social events were organised with charitable and patriotic causes as beneficiaries.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1586093 "For the Wounded" ''The Argus'' 16 Dec 1915 p.15]</ref>

==Building==
The Club organised purchase of its building in [[Bank Place, Melbourne]] in 1923.<ref name="lawrencemoney"/> Rent was paid to Melbourne Savages Ltd; all profits were distributed to shareholders annually.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8181809 "Company News in Brief" ''The Argus'' 21 June 1941 p.2]</ref> The building was originally designed by [[A. L. Smith (architect)|A. L. Smith]] and [[A. E. Johnson]], with alterations conducted by [[Kingsley Henderson]], who also designed two buildings on [[Collins Street, Melbourne|Collins Street]] – the [[Bank of Australasia]] building on the corner of [[Queen Street, Melbourne|Queen]] and Collins Streets and the [[Alcaston House]] (1929) at the corner of [[Spring Street, Melbourne|Spring Street]]. The building is of the few remaining townhouses in this area, and is a notable example of the transition Classical style between conservatism and boom and contributes to the character and townscape of Bank Place. Unusual external features include the portico with rusticated columns and first floor windows. The [[punkah]]s which ventilate the dining room are powered by electricity.<ref name="lawrencemoney"/> The staircase and some fireplaces are also notable.

==Notable members==
* [[Ted Baillieu]], politician<ref>[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/58 Ted Baillieu - Member for Hawthorn, Premier of Victoria], Parliament of Victoria ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110052513/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/58 |date=10 January 2011 ))</ref>
* Senator [[George Brandis]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], Attorney-General of Australia<ref>Emma Griffiths, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-25/george-brandis-joins-savage-club/5769694 George Brandis defends membership of men-only Savage Club, debate sparks chest-beating in Senate],''[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]'', 26 September 2014</ref><ref>AAP, [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/george-brandis-defends-joining-menonly-melbourne-savage-club/story-fn59niix-1227070571873?nk=8ea0fe16f8406bccc7ef5518401f39b0George Brandis defends joining men-only Melbourne Savage Club], ''[[The Australian]]'', 25 September 2014</ref>
* Sir [[William Dargie]], portraitist<ref name="daao"/>
* Sir [[Owen Dixon]], judge
* Richard Morrow, stockbroker and Melbourne Mining Club Chairman
* [[John Elliott (businessman)|John Elliott]], businessman
* [[W. R. Guilfoyle]], founder and curator of Melbourne's Botanic Gardens
* Lord Frances Ebury, 8th Earl of Wilton 
* [[Alexander George Gurney|Alex Gurney]], cartoonist<ref name="daao"/>
* [[Lindsay Bernard Hall]], Director of the [[National Gallery of Victoria]] (1892-1935)<ref>Gwen Rankin, ''L. Bernard Hall: The man the art world forgot'', NewSouth, 2013, p. 82 [https://books.google.com/books?id=O9XGAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Melbourne+Savage+Club%22&pg=PA82]</ref>
* [[King Hedley]], actor<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4628746 "Personal" ''The Argus'' 12 June 1922 p.6]</ref>
* [[Roy Cecil Hodgkinson]], artist<ref name="daao"/>
* [[Barry Humphries]], comedian
* [[J. C. F. Johnson]], writer<ref>Wilde, W. H. ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' 2nd ed. ((ISBN|0-19-553381-X))</ref>
* Sir [[John Longstaff]], painter
* [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]], cartoonist
* [[Norman Macgeorge]], artist and art critic<ref name="daao"/>
* [[Frederick McCubbin]], painter
* [[W. B. McInnes]], painter
* [[Dr Henry O'Hara]], Collins Street doctor
* [[John Reed (art patron)|John Reed]], art patron
* Sir [[Tom Roberts]], painter
* [[Charles Victor Robertson]], businessman
* William John "Billy" Schutt (died 30 November 1933), Supreme Court judge<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141400411 |title=Late Mr W. J. Schutt |newspaper=[[The Australasian]] |volume=CXXXVI |issue=4,442 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=24 February 1934 |accessdate=20 January 2022 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia))</ref>
* Sir [[Arthur Streeton]], painter<ref name="lawrencemoney"/>
* [[Alfred Vincent]], cartoonist and designer of the Club emblem<ref>[http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/6356 Alfred James Vincent] :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online</ref>
* [[Alberto Zelman]], musician<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4074427 "Zelman Memorial" ''The Argus'' 13 March 1930 p.8]</ref>

==Other cities==
Savage Clubs were formed in other Australian cities:
*The [[Adelaide]] club was founded in 1883.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19794276 "South Australia" ''The Queenslander'' 27 October 1883 p.691]</ref> Members in 1885 included [[Harry Congreve Evans]] and [[Alfred T. Chandler]].<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74336241 |title=Out among the People. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=24 February 1937 |accessdate=18 January 2015 |page=25 |publisher=National Library of Australia))</ref>
*The [[Perth]] club was founded in 1896. Dr. Harvey E Astles (past president of the Melbourne club) was its first president.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3097848 ''The West Australian'' 15 August 1896]</ref>
*The [[Sydney Savage Club]] was founded in 1934.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17104647 ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 19 June 1934]</ref> [[Albert Collins (painter)|Albert Collins]] was its president in 1936, [[Lindley Evans]] in 1954.<ref>((cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18448933 |title=Seen Out And About. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=28 October 1954 |accessdate=19 December 2011 |page=10 Section: Women's Section |publisher=National Library of Australia))</ref>

==Bibliography==
*Johnson, Joseph ''Laughter and the Love of Friends: A Centenary History of the Melbourne Savage Club, 1894-1994''
*''A History of the Yorick Club 1868-1966'', Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne 1994

==References==
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==External links==
*((Official website|http://www.melbournesavageclub.com))

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