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The West Australian Institute of Architects was first formed in May 1896, sixty seven years after the foundation of the Swan River settlement. Whilst early records indicate that earlier attempts were made to establish an Institute in 1887 and 1892, lack of subsequent evidence indicates that these attempts may if successful, have been short-lived.
A public announcement in The West Australian and subsequent reports provides definite proof that a general meeting of practising architects was held in the Criterion Hotel on the afternoon of 26 May 1896, with the express purpose of forming an Institute of Architects in Western Australia. At that meeting George Temple-Poole was elected as the first President, Michael Cavanagh as Vice-President, Clarence Wilkinson as the Honorary Secretary and John Talbot Hobbs as the first Treasurer.
One of the reasons for the formation of a professional association may have been due to the rapid expansion of architects during the 1890s. According to J.W. Freeland, “in 1893, there were twelve private architects in Western Australia (nine in Perth and three in Fremantle). A year later there were eighty seven, and the next year, in 1897, a hundred and two architects were working in W.A.”
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