The German Club is founded
Der Deutscher Verein was founded on 15 July 1854. The club began meeting in the Hotel Europe in Grenfell Street, but sought more extensive accommodation in a building of its own in the mid 1870s. The foundation stone for the new building on Pirie Street was laid on 19 August 1878 and the clubhouse was opened on 14 July 1879. The German Club continued in these premises until 1899, when it was forced to sell the building to pay for accumulated debts.
