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The Sydney Savage Club was formed, or re-formed, in 1934 under rules adopted from the London Club, and sponsored by the Kindred Clubs Association of New Zealand, where Savage Clubs were numerous. Havyatt was appointed chairman of the ways and means committee, with joint secretaries E. A. Richards and
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The first iteration of the Sydney club was founded in the 1880s as a meeting-place for artists and writers. Its meetings were called "corroborees". The club disbanded sometime in the 19th century.
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The concept of the Savage Club was introduced to Sydney in 1930 by H. L. S Havyatt, a New Zealander, who organised receptions in Australia for the "kiwi" aviator
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was given a standing ovation by an audience of Sydney Savages after a his long tirade against what he saw as the Australian pursuit of mediocrity.
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club was founded in 1896. Dr. Harvey E. Astles (past president of the Melbourne club) was its first president.
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C. H. Dickinson. The first club meeting elected Havyatt as Chief Savage and E. A. Richards secretary.
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The Sydney Savage Club was a strong supporter of Australian literature. In 1965
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who had flown solo from Britain, narrowly beaten to the record by
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Savage Clubs were formed in other Australian cities:
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was elected Chief Savage in 1936. Other members were
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Index

Sydney
Savage Club
Richard Savage
Francis Chichester
Bert Hinkler
Joe Collins
Alfred Hill
Harry Julius
Charles Bryant
James Brunton Gibb
Lindley Evans
"Inky" Stephensen
Adelaide
Harry Congreve Evans
Alfred T. Chandler
Melbourne Savage Club
Perth
"Savage Club Social"
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Mr Chichester"
The Sydney Morning Herald
"The London Savage Club Moves On"
Sydney Mail
"Savage Club"
The Sydney Morning Herald
"Non-Ferocious Meeting of Savages"
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
"Getting Personal"
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
"These Men Make News"

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