[1][2][3] The club was founded as the result of a public meeting called by Henry F. Dench and chaired by J. H. Finlayson.
The Governor, Sir T. Fowell Buxton accepted the position of patron.
Lavington Bonython, James Marshall, R. Kyffin Thomas, W. H. R. Porter, F. W. Thomas, F. Coombs, B. H. Pascoe, W. Thyer, F. W. Good, W. D. Reed, V. Lawrence, H. A. Grainger, F. A. Crump, J. H. Finlayson, and E. Eglinton were among the charter members.
The first green was established on a plot 300 by 95 yards (274 by 87 m) behind Government House, North Terrace.
[7] The Club now has its premises within Rymill Park in the eastern parklands, with the entrance off Dequetteville Terrace.