The West Australian Rowing Club is a rowing club based in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia. The club has operated out of a

boatshed Boatsheds are generally lockable wooden sheds, often brightly colored, that were originally built to securely store small private boats and bathing materials directly on beaches. They are similar in appearance to beach huts (or "bathing boxes"), wi ...

next to

Barrack Square Barrack Square is an open public square on the foreshore of Perth Water on the Swan River, located at the southern end of Barrack Street near the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It has also been known as Union Jack Squar ...

since 1906.

History

While the current club was incorporated in 1894, the club believes it has roots dating back to 1868. It was the first rowing club in Western Australia, and is the last one remaining on the Perth city foreshore. The club opened a boatshed next to Barrack Square in March 1906. The boatshed received a permanent listing on the

Western Australian Register of Heritage Places The State Register of Heritage Places is the heritage register of historic sites in Western Australia deemed significant at the state level by the Heritage Council of Western Australia. History In the 1970s, following its establishment of the ...

in 2001. There was long standing rivalry with

Swan River Rowing Club The Swan River Rowing Club is a rowing club that was founded in 1887 in Perth, Western Australia. It has had rowing sheds at different locations on the Swan River. The Canning River was a location of regattas and social events for the club. ...

in the early years of the two organisations.

References

1868 establishments in Australia Rowing clubs in Australia Rowing in Western Australia Clubs and societies in Western Australia Sports clubs and teams established in 1868 {{Rowing-stub