The Melbourne Hunt Club is an Australian
fox hunting
Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. A group of unarmed followers, led by a "master of foxhounds" (or "master of ho ...
club founded in 1852.
History
The club was founded by Mr George Watson in 1852 with hounds brought to Australia from Ireland.
[Melbourne Hunt Club.]
The kennels were originally at Kirk's Bizaar, in
Bourke Street, Melbourne
Bourke Street is one of the main streets in the Melbourne central business district and a core feature of the Hoddle Grid. It was traditionally the entertainment hub of inner-city Melbourne, and is now also a popular tourist destination and tr ...
, subsequently they moved to
St Kilda,
Caulfield,
Deer Park,
Oakleigh,
Cranbourne and finally to their current location in
Pakenham.
The club maintains the oldest continual pack of hounds in Australia.
Hunt country
The club hunts areas in
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
and
East Gippsland
East Gippsland is the eastern region of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia covering 31,740 square kilometres (14%) of Victoria. It has a population of 80,114.
Australian Bureau of Statistics2006 Census Community Profile Series: East Gippsland (Sta ...
, as well as the
Casterton -
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
area.
[Liam's hunting directory.]
See also
List of hound packs of Australia
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
Baily’s hunting directory, ''Melbourne Hunt Inc'' retrieved 2 October 2016.
retrieved 2 October 2016.
Melbourne Hunt Club website retrieved 2 October 2016.
1852 establishments in Australia
Sports clubs established in 1852
Sporting clubs in Melbourne
Fox hunts in Australia
Hunting organizations
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