{"id":5269,"date":"2023-02-17T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T23:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T03:20:39","slug":"rounds-wrecks-and-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassstraitmaritimecentre.com.au\/torquay-heritage-trail\/rounds-wrecks-and-railways\/","title":{"rendered":"Rounds, wrecks and railways"},"content":{"rendered":"
SIGN NUMBER 6 \u2013 Rounds, wrecks and railways<\/h2>\n
Devonport Golf Club<\/strong><\/h3>\n
This early Tasmanian golf club originally opened in 1921, because of a group of passionate local golfers who loved to knock a ball around. <\/em>It started out on a 3\/5 hole paddock where Meercroft Park is on the western side of the river.<\/p>\n
After WWI this group grew to a point that in January 1921 a public meeting was held at the Devonport Town Hall where it was decided to form the Devonport Golf Club Ltd and the Articles of Association were adopted.\u00a0 In an endeavour to raise money to purchase the land, members took out shares.\u00a0 These shareholders controlled the meeting for many years. In 1925 at the AGM the Devonport Golf Club Ltd became the Devonport Golf Club and leased the course from Devonport Golf Club Ltd.<\/p>\n
Annual subscriptions were: \u00a33\/3\/0 for members, \u00a31\/11\/6 for associates and country members, \u00a31\/1\/0 for non-playing members and an entrance fee was the same.<\/p>\n
In November 1956 the club was relocated to its current location at Woodrising (Dean\u2019s Point), where members enjoyed a 9 hole-course. Five years later a new eighteen-hole course was officially opened by Tasmanian Premier, Eric Reece, MHA in 1961.<\/p>\n