[1] In February 1905, the prominent physician Frederick Teepoo Hall called a meeting of scholars to call attention to the need for an organization which protected the profession of massage.
[2] By December 1905, the idea had considerable traction and Teepoo Hall convened a special meeting to form the Australasian Massage Association (AMA) with the purpose of establishing massage as a professional field.
[3] Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart was the association's first president.
[5] The first formal field of study for physiotherapy was developed by the AMA, and was approved by Federal Council in May 1906.
In August 1962 Queen Elizabeth II granted royal patronage to the APA.