43
Paisley Street, Footscray, Victoria, 3011
Telephone: (03) 9687 2059 Facsimile (03) 9687 2059
Our History
The footscray club started as a local cycling club inaugurated in 1894 by Mr T.K. Irving and Dr C.L. McCarthy as the Footscray Cycling club. The club held and supported cycling and sporting events in Footscray and Melbourne. Initially the club was housed for its first 10 years in Nicholson Street.
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Eventually the social nature of the club overtook the sports functions and the Footscray Club became a purely social club. In 1909 the club began the construction of its permanent facilities in its present location on Paisley street a two storey building complete with offices storage and a bar. Up until the present day the club remains like many social clubs a non political and democratic organizaton serving the local Footscray and wider community. |
Footscray Club History
Read more about our History in "The Footscray Club" and "When women were members".
Footscray History
You can learn a lot more about the history of footscray at the Footscray Historical Society
They are located on the web at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~foothist/welcome.htm
and in Footscray at "Ercildoune" Society Headquarters 66 Napier Street, Footscray, Vic 3011
You can also find some spectacular historical photographs of Footscray by searching
at http://www.pictureaustralia.org/ and searching "Footscray"
The
Footscray Club
43 Paisley Street, Footscray, Victoria, 3011
Telephone: (03) 9687 2059 Facsimile (03) 9687 2059
Email info@footscrayclub.com