The Rotary Club of Sydney was the first Rotary Club in New South Wales, chartered on 7 May 1921. Our Club was established, along with the Rotary Club of Melbourne, following a visit by representatives from North America who came to Australia with the purpose of establishing Rotary in Australia. There are now 1,164 Clubs established in Australia each of which can link its origins to either the Rotary Club of Melbourne or the Rotary Club of Sydney.
Our Club remains one of the largest and most active Rotary Clubs in Australia.
We meet every Tuesday at 12.30 pm for lunch, fellowship, networking and to listen to a stellar line-up of guest speakers.
In the first half of the 2011/2012 Rotary year our speakers have included Peter Coates, the chairman of Santos Limited, Hans Gnodtke, the Consul General in Sydney for Germany, Ian Keirnan of Clean Up Australia and other prominent speakers. Each speaker is encouraged to inform and challenge our members.
In its 90 years the Rotary Club of Sydney has raised millions of dollars for local charities and has established what are now prominent enterprises.
In particular, the Rotary Club of Sydney founded the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children which is now known as the Northcott Society, established the Police & Citizens Boys' Clubs in New South Wales, established the Mt Eliza Executive School of Business now within the business school of the University of Melbourne and also established International House, a residential college for university students. As a major contribution to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, our Club was contracted by the Government of New South Wales to identify over 1,500 homes able to accommodate visiting relatives of participating overseas athletes.
We build international bridges through our own Vision Beyond Aus which sponsors optometrists and ophthalmologists to perform free eye surgery and medical consultations for the under privileged in northern India.
The Club website employs the latest social media technologies as a means of providing our members exclusively with enhanced communication tools and an opportunity to "make up" online if a member cannot attend our weekly meeting.
If you would like to know more about the Club, please contact us.
If you are a visiting Rotarian, we would be delighted to welcome you to a weekly luncheon meeting.
The Rotary Club of Sydney was contracted by the NSW Government to identify over 1,500 homes able to accommodate visiting relatives of overseas athletes participating in the Sydney Olympic Games.
