Isidor George Beaver

[5] Beaver emigrated to the colony of South Australia sometime before August 1883, the date of the commencement of his architectural partnership with William McMinn in Adelaide.

The ceiling of the main chamber is ornamented, consisting of a plaster beam and panel system with freestanding Corinthian columns.

R. H. Solly trained as a junior under Beaver and was for four years his chief draftsman before becoming an architect with Wunderlich Ltd.[16] (who had offices in the same building).

[2] A notable design of this time was the Wattle Path Palais de Danse on the Esplanade at St Kilda, Victoria,[17] a large dance hall, opened in October 1923,[18] architects Beaver & Purnell, though their relative inputs are not yet known.

[34] From 1901 he rode to hounds with the Melbourne Hunt Club, and was still riding regularly until two months before his death in October 1934.

[citation needed] He was an expert skater, a member of the Original London Skating Club[35] and a director of the company (H. W. Allen, I. G. Beaver, H. Kendall, Dr. C. F. Macgillicuddy, A. G. Outhwaite, and V. C. Turner) which was formed in 1926 to take over the lease on the Melbourne Glaciarium, 10 City Road South Melbourne, when it was facing closure.

He was a sponsor of ice hockey, and one of the first four teams in Melbourne (and in Australia) was named "The Beavers" in recognition of his support.

Evelyn Salenger (1847–1934) of Sydney, and Laura Schlank (1851–1918) of Adelaide were sisters who emigrated to South Australia aboard the SS Somersetshire in 1870.

Albert Beaver (died 16 March 1909), who was arrested for embezzlement in 1897,[38] and then released under curious circumstances[39] was a brother.

He died at his home, 23 Wynstay Road, Armadale[2] and was buried in the Melbourne Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria.