Tattersalls Club, Private club in Brisbane, Australia
Tattersalls Club is a heritage-listed club house at 206 Edward Street, with a second frontage on Queen Street in Brisbane. The Edward Street facade is Classical Revival red brick with cream stone trim, a green awning reading "TATTERSALLS CLUB", and a pediment with a carved face above a small iron-railed balcony. The later Queen Street facade is Art Deco, faced in Benedict stone.
Formed in November 1883 on the British sporting-club model, the Tattersalls Club held its first race meeting in 1884 and met at the Australian Hotel until 1888. Proceeds from inner-city property sales funded the Edward Street site, where Hall and Prentice's clubrooms opened on 28 July 1926 at a cost of £41,000. Extensions followed in 1938–39 and 1949.
The entrance area displays a decorative plaster frieze titled 'The Horse in Sport', made by sculptor Daphne Mayo in the 1920s. This work reflects the club's close ties to horse racing and remains visible to visitors today.
The building is centrally located in Brisbane and can be reached on foot from both Edward Street and Queen Street, making it easy to spot from nearby streets. As a private members' club, access for the general public is generally limited to specific events or hosted visits.
The Members Dining Room walls are lined with Australian landscape paintings selected specifically for that space by local artists. This gives the room a character quite different from what visitors might expect in a traditional private club setting.
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