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Abstract
Founded in 1894, the Wallaby Club is Australia’s oldest walking club. In its heyday, between 1901 and 1927 when Melbourne was the federal capital, it attracted some of the nation’s leading citizens, including three prime ministers, four generals, two High Court judges, as well as several senior public servants and professors. Born amidst the ruins of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’, the club answered a longing among younger members of the city’s professional elite for recreation and renewal through regular walks in the Australian bush. This article traces the career of the club’s founder, the German-educated Jewish doctor Louis Henry, and examines the culture of the club, including its masculine ethos, and its influence on the formation of a self-conscious federal elite.
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