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Name	Duration	Interests etc.
Allies Committee	1914-1918	war-time organization
British and American Sports' Club, Río Gallegos	1914-????	"all practicable games"
British Association of Magallanes	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-present	club building, billiards
British Club, San Julián	1933-????	club building burnt 1960
British Legion	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 see also "Scotland v. England" Match (1898)
British Welfare Fund	????
British-American Library	????	lent English-language books
Fire Brigade, First Company	1889-present	British members
Ladies' Committee	????
Magellan Athletic Club	1914-????	football
Magallanes Golf Club	c1915-	played golf, held tournaments
Magallanes Lawn Tennis Club	????-2002+
Magellan Dramatic Society	1924-c1955	produced stage plays and revues
Masonic Lodge "Rivadavia", Río Gallegos	1920-1944	[text in Spanish]
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]
Río Gallegos Boxing Club	1920-
Río Gallegos Club Hispano Americano	1925-
Río Gallegos Golf Club	1930s
Río Gallegos Tennis Club	1922-
Royal Colonial Institute (London-based)	n/a	subscribing members resident in the region
St. Andrew's Society, Río Gallegos	????	active 1944
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)
4. "Cien Años del Club Británico de Río Gallegos: Los Británicos en Santa Cruz", Pierini & Beecher, 2011
Last updated: 18-IV-2016

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