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"British" Clubs & Social Groups
(Magallanes, unless otherwise stated)


Name
Duration
Interests etc.
Allies Committee
1914-1918
war-time organization
1914-????
"all practicable games"
1899-1981
(aka "The British Club" ); club rooms in Punta Arenas; membership included businessmen, ranchers, bankers
British Athletic Club
1923-c1942
football, tennis, target-shooting, cricket
British Club, Río Gallegos
1911-2002+
club building, billiards
1929
former members of British armed forces
British Patriotic War Fund Committee
1914-1918
war-time organization
British Sports Club
<1909-1923
football; became British Athletic Club
British Welfare Fund
????
 
British-American Library
????
lent English-language books
????
apparently had British membership
Ladies' Committee
????
 
1914-????
football
c1915-
played golf, held tournaments
Magallanes Lawn Tennis Club
????-2002+
 
1924-c1955
produced stage plays and revues
Mutual Benefit Society
1899-????
 
Overseas Club
????
membership included shepherds, farmworkers, employees, office clerks
Red Cross, Puerto Natales
1916-????
members of the men's section
Red Cross, Punta Arenas
<1919
had British members [report in Spanish]
Tierra del Fuego Collie Dog Club
1915
 
Union Club
<1909-1923
football; became British Athletic Club

Sources:
1.  "Los Británicos en Magallanes", Laurie Nock, Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 1985-86
2.  "Censo Jeneral del Territorio de Magallanes", Lautaro Navarro,1907-8
3.  The Magellan Times, 28-X-1915 (TdF Collie Dog Club); 24-IX-1914 (British and American Sports' Club); 21-I-1914 (Magellan Athletic Club); 13-II-1929 (British Legion); 23-X-1929 (First Fire Brigade Company)
Last updated: 29-I-2005