1921 Special Commissioners to organise Rotary in Australia:
J Layton Ralston, CMG, DSO, KC - President, Rotary Club of Halifax, Canada; and James W Davidson, - Past President, Rotary Club of Calgary, Canada
The first two clubs formed in Australia were:
21 April 1921 - Rotary Club of Melbourne, Charter #906, now in D9800.
7 May 1921 - Rotary Club of Sydney, Charter #926, now in D9750.
1922 - 27 Sir Henry Braddon KBE and Ben R. Gelling, Rotary Club of Sydney, Joint Commissioners of NSW and Qld
One of our current District clubs was 16th in the first 20 clubs chartered in Australia during this period:
9 Jul 1927 - Rotary Club of Wollongong, Charter #2660, now in D9750.