The Boys' Brigade was first introduced into Australia well within a decade of the formation of the movement in Glasgow by William Smith.
To provide a more coordinated basis for growth, an Australian Council was formed at the turn of the century, based in Sydney.
The first Annual Report in 1900 noted that the Secretary knew of 15 Companies functioning with a membership of 431 Boys and 41 Officers.
[2] St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, Mount Morgan, Queensland formed its Boy Scout unit on 23 November 1908, under Benjamin Gilmore Patterson.
The unit was registered with the Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts as the lst Mount Morgan Company in 1910.
The Boys' Brigade (BB) Scouts program ended in 1927[2] while the lst Mount Morgan Company continued.
[3] Another point of interest relating to the pre-Second World War years is that, upon the Brigade becoming more active in New South Wales in the early 1930s, it was pointed out that other non-uniformed Boys’ Organisations had been operating in Sydney and Adelaide for many years under the name The Boys’ Brigade and had been incorporated in those States as Limited Companies.