Sydney Bush Walkers Club

The Sydney Bush Walkers Club is a bushwalking club in Australia.

Formed in 1927 by Myles Dunphy at the behest of the Mountain Trails Club, the group was originally called the Waratah Walking Club, but was renamed early on.^[1] Unlike its predecessor, the club was open to the general public,^[2] and this allowed it to increase its membership substantially; a petition presented in the same year (signed by members of both clubs) contained over 5,000 signatures.^[3]

The Sydney Bush Walkers Club continued to campaign for environmental causes throughout the 1930s^[3][4] and although membership has fallen to around 800, it still continues to organise events.^[5]

Notable members of the club have included Marie Byles, Paddy Pallin, and Dot Butler.

References

1. C. Michael Hall; Stephen J. Page (9 May 2014). The Geography of Tourism and Recreation: Environment, Place and Space. Taylor & Francis. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-135-04156-4.
2. Drew Hutton; Libby Connors (13 April 1999). History of the Australian Environment Movement. Cambridge University Press. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-0-521-45686-9.
3. Martin Mulligan; Stuart Hill (22 October 2001). Ecological Pioneers: A Social History of Australian Ecological Thought and Action. Cambridge University Press. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-0-521-00956-0.
4. Melissa Harper (2007). The Ways of the Bushwalker: On Foot in Australia. UNSW Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-968-9.
5. "Official website". Sydney Bush Walkers. Retrieved 5 June 2018.