History - the First Members

That these twenty men were successful in forming the Tanunda Club, much to the chagrin of local hoteliers, was soon apparent. The first roll book recorded the names of the pioneer members and read like a who’s who of the district and of South Australia’s notable personalities. There were 165 names in total.

 

The first club members - 1891

Alm Ahrens Breem Basedow Bietz Bertouch Borchas Chandler Connor Cleland Davenport Dost Esselbach Freytag Foreman Fowler Falkenberg Gelly Goers Graetz Goerecke Graue Gleeson Groke Grossman Hamann Hoffman Heinrich Hage Hueppauff Hetzel Hurst Hickel Heinemenn Huezenroeder Habermann Henschke

Habich Huster Jacob Jacq Jantke Jacobs Juttner Juncken Junger Jackson Kassebaum Kube Kleeman Kunert Knutsen Kieswetter Kinch Klingebiel Keil Kockrick Kerntke Kappler Korten Krieg Kernich Lamb Lawrence Lehmann Liersch Lindner Mengler Mattner Moody Mirus Meyer Mann May Nettlebeck Nitschke

Ohlmeyer Offe Pahl Riebe Rieschieck Richter Schick Schwartz Standish Suessbier Schroeder Schrapel Sands Schulz Sonntag Schiller Schlunke Spaeth Schmidt Stacey Till Thomas Traeger Thiele Trotter Trimmer Vorwerck Walden Wakefield Weeks Wallent Willison Wilksch Young Yates

Many of these families had four or more members signed on at the Club. Few of those who were members, apart from Sir Samuel Davenport or G. F. Cleland, were considered to be from the upper echelon of Colonial society – Davenport and Cleland obviously took their place because of their significant interest in Chateau Tanunda.

John Basedow was a builder, J. C. G. Goers a tinsmith, Theodor Goers a baker, while others were farmers, millers and butchers – they represented the very widest possible cross-section of Tanunda community. From its very beginning, the club was a social centre for people from all walks of life, where its members could relax, partake of refreshments and enjoy discussions in the company of others. But where was this new club to be housed?

With acknowledgement to Rob Linn, author of 'The Tanunda Club - A Centenary History' released in 1991 and published by Historical Consultants Pty Ltd., for his extensive research on the Club's early history and organisation.

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Clubhouse History

Tanunda & The Clubhouse

An early background

Foundation

Petitioning for the formation of the Club

First Club Members

1891

Beginnings

1891 - 1900

Progress

1900 - 1914

Present & Future

2000 - present