The NSW Leagues’ Club building on 165 Phillip Street, Sydney, in the 1950s.

NSW Leagues’ Club building on 165 Phillip Street, Sydney, in the 1930s.

Sign advertising NSW Leagues’ Club swimming pool in the 1920s.

The pioneer Australian rugby league team, the Kangaroos, in 1908-09. Founding player Dally Messenger who lived in the NSW Leagues’ Club in his later years is pictured fourth from the left in the second row from the front.

The billiard room in the 1960s, where members would play snooker in their lunch breaks, and where champion player Walter Lindrum played exhibition matches in the 1940s.

Margaret Olley paints a mural at the NSW Rugby Leagues’ Club on 12 June, 1957.

The NSW Leagues’ Club General Committee meeting room in the 1960s.

Glitz and glamour at Club events in the 1970s. Pictured L to R: Sir Roden Cutler (longest-serving NSW Governer and Victoria Cross recipient); John O’Toole (former Vice-President of NSW Rugby League); Graeme Macdougall (former Club Secretary); his wife Marie; and Richard John O’Connell (former Club CEO).

Interior of the secretary’s office, NSW Leagues’ Club, 1938.