The Mountain Trails Club of
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
was an Australian
conservation and
bushwalking
A hike is a long, vigorous walking, walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer tim ...
group.
The club was founded in 1914 by
Myles Dunphy, Roy Rudder and Herbert Gallop
Membership was by invitation only, and women were not permitted to join; the club espoused "a doctrine
fmanly and wholesome recreation".
The Mountain Trails Club's work resulted in the formation of other
bushwalking
A hike is a long, vigorous walking, walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer tim ...
groups, such as the
Sydney Bush Walkers Club
The Sydney Bush Walkers Club is a bushwalking club in Australia.
Formed in 1927 by Myles Dunphy at the behest of the Mountain Trails Club, the group was originally called the Waratah Walking Club, but was renamed early on. Unlike its predecesso ...
, also founded by Dunphy.
References
1914 establishments in Australia
Sports clubs and teams established in 1914
Sports organizations established in 1914
Hiking organisations in Australia
Nature conservation organisations based in Australia
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