Secret men's business: The private clubs of Melbourne and why they still exist

You could walk past it on the street and not even know it’s there. But enter its doors, and you’ll discover an exclusive, members only club, almost as if you’ve stepped back in time.
But even in modern times, these clubs - rooted in privilege, where the members are often white men - emulate the grand gentlemen’s clubs of 19th-century London, where Oscar Wilde apparently ordered champagne and proffered his final words: “I am dying, as I have lived, beyond my means.”
But what really goes on behind closed doors? And should clubs like this exist?
Today, step inside the granddaddy of all of Melbourne’s private clubs, the Melbourne Club, with senior writer Michael Bachelard.
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