The Buffalo Club was once one of many scattered across the globe by the Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes from the 1820s. The old order no longer run the club, but they continue to meet in the upper halls. The Buffalo Club pursues the aims it inherited from the order, to support social unity in all its dimensions.
Our particular club was established on the former site of the Madrid Restaurant in 1938, and was given over to general members some time in the 60s. The club rambled through the intervening years much unchanged in a changing city.
The Buff seeks a culture of friendship and has been a point of solidarity for maritime workers and Freo's grassroots community. In recent years, this has included an influx of new members from the music community and the club regularly hosts live music.
Constitution of Fremantle Buffalo Club Inc.
"The Fremantle Buffalo Club's principal objectives are to establish, maintain and conduct a club for the social advancement of Buffaloism and to support the recreational, social, cultural and community dimensions of meeting that social union.
These objects include the provision of facilities for the pursuit of literary, scientific, athletic, and professional and any other lawful purposes that provides benefits and enjoyment for the members of The Club."