“The club’s now in a good position to grow.” While Tasmania has a history of private members clubs, the Tasmanian was the only one to maintain restrictions on women, with Athenaeum on Hobart ...

In his 1982 novel A Very British Coup, the former Labour MP Chris Mullin has a scene set in a gentlemen's club. 'Like so much else associated with the 20th century,' observes the narrator ...