21/07/2026
๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข ๐
20 July 1963, the new St George Leagues Club at 124 Princes Highway, Kogarah was officially opened.
The 1960โs and 1970โs were glory days for the new St George Leagues Club at Carlton. Dubbed the "Taj Mahal" because of the expanses of white marble and overall opulence, it quickly became one of Sydneyโs top entertainment venues, with big Saturday night stage shows rivalling those in the city.
Everyone wanted to join, but state government-imposed limits resulted in an 18-month wait for membership.
Former Governor-General and NSW premier Sir William McKell described it as... "๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ. ๐๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ค"
The Leader reported... "๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐จ, ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐ช๐ข, ๐จ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ, ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ 120 ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ 80 ๐๐๐๐ฉ."
Club members claim... "๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐."
So modern is the building that Kogarah aldermen said... "๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ."
Two weeks after the opening, the Leader reported Kogarah Council had received complaints about noise from the new club, with a meeting sought by the Beverly Park Progress Association.
๐ธ St George Leagues Club (20/7/2020) ๐ https://www.facebook.com/1504661053097610/posts/2847573592139676/
๐๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ $50-$60 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค 1963 "๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ" ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช-๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ 14-๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 240, ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ.
๐ธ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ค & ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐
SOURCE
Info - Thanks to The Leader
Photos - Taken in 1968 by Joan Hatton ยป Georges River Libraries
Collage by I Grew Up in Mortdale 2223
