The club is named for
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, after whom the city of Adelaide was named. Founded in 1909, the club was set up by women of the
Adelaide Establishment "who wanted a social centre with a certain standard of living and were prepared to pay for it". The club is located at the corner of
North Terrace and Stephens Place in the
city centre, a short distance east along North Terrace from its previously all-male equivalent, the
Adelaide Club, established in 1864. Unlike the purpose-built Adelaide Club building, the Queen Adelaide Club occupies late 19th and early 20th Century buildings which had originally been residences and doctors' consulting rooms. When first established, the club offered residential accommodation. ==Description==