In Adelaide, colony of South Australia, the "Architects Association" held a meeting on 9 September 1859, with "Messrs. Hanson (Chairman), Dornwell, Wright, Auld, W. Hanson, "Beevor" (Isidor Beaver),[a] Garlick, Goyder, E. A. Hamilton, Wadham, Kingston, J. W. Cole, W. E. Cole, and W. G. Harris, Hon.
[1] The South Australian Association of Architects, Engineers, and Surveyors was formed by October 1859, probably the same organisation, as many of the same people were involved.
[2] At some point before 1885, there was a "South Australian Architects' Association", in that year having as patron SA architect-in-chief E. J.
[7] Wright's address referred to the improved status of the profession, and discussion ensued about builders and contractors working with architects and parliamentarians to ensure that the forthcoming Building Act would be well-drafted.
During this time he called on the South Australian Government to hold design competitions for large public buildings, and the SAIA also became an allied member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.