The chronology of Bowls 1844 – First green laid at Mr. Lipscombe’s Beach Tavern at Sandy Bay Tasmania – Bowling Green Hotel Sandy Bay Tasmania 1845 – First recorded game of bowls at the back of the Beach Tavern (Sandy Bay, TAS). 1846 – First bowling club in Australia is established alongside the Bowling Green Hotel in Sandy Bay. (TAS) – This club was closed in 1853. 1848 - Aberdeen Sports and Recreation Club (NSW) 1852 – 1000 spectators paid to watch a match at the Bowling Green Hotel green between civilians and the military. 1864 – Melbourne Bowls Club is formed (oldest existing bowling club in Australia)(Vic) . – First bowls made in Australia, turned by Mr Alcock, Russell Street, Melbourne. – Ballarat Bowling Club (Vic) – Fitzroy (North Fitzroy) Bowling Club (Vic) 1865 – St Kilda Sporting Club (formerly St Kilda Bowling Club) (Vic) – City of Melbourne Bowling Club (Vic) – Fitzroy (North Fitzroy) Bowling Club (Vic) 1866 – City of Melbourne Bowling Club (Vic) 1868 – Carlton Bowling Club (Vic) – Learmonth Bowling Club (Vic) – Richmond Union Bowling Club (Vic) 1872 – George S. Coppin entrepreneur, suggested first bowling carnival in Australia. This was not taken up. – Buninyong Bowls Club Inc (Vic) – Cambridge College Club – (Private Club) 1873 – Albert Park Bowls Club Inc -(Formerly -South Melbourne Bowling Club (1873-1929), Albert Park Bowling Club (1929- 1942), Albert Park VRI Bowls Club (1942-2011) – Creswick Bowling Club (Vic) 1876 – First game of bowls in SA on green put down by Andrew Thomson at Kapund – Kyneton Bowling Club (Vic) 1877 – North Fitzroy Bowling Club (Vic) 1878 – Brisbane Bowls Club formed (green in Botanic Garden). Subsequently became Booroodabin Bowls Club.(QLD) – Ballarat Central Bowls Club (Vic) – Clunes Bowling Club (Vic) 1879 – South Melbourne Cricket Club Bowling Club (S.M.C.C.) (Vic) 1880 – First match between colonies, states, dominions or countries played between NSW and Victoria at Kentville (NSW) – NSW Association formed - first bowling association in world – Victorian Association formed – Bathurst City Community Club Ltd - (NSW) – City & Parramatta Bowling Club (NSW) – Hawthorn Bowling Club (Vic) – Kew Bowling Club (Vic) – Rosehill Bowls Club formed. Subsequently became Parramatta Bowls Club. Parramatta Bowls Club ceased to function in 1986. – Williamstown Bowling Club (Vic) 1881 – First Women's bowls match played in Australia took place at Stawel, Victoruia – Brighton Bowling Club (Vic) – Corio Bowling Club (Vic) – West Brighton (Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club) (Vic) 1882 – Dandenong Bowling Club (Vic) – Strathfield Bowling Club (NSW) (formerly Union Recreation Bowling Club) – Warrnambool Bowling Club (Vic) – Portland Bowling Club (Vic) 1883 – Launceston Bowls Club formed. (Tas) – Hamilton Bowling Club (Vic) – Port Melbourne Bowling Club (Vic) – Queenscliff Bowling,Tennis & Croquet Club (Vic) 1884 – Ararat Bowls Club (Vic) – Perth Bowls Club formed. – New Zealand entered inter-colonial competition. 1885 – Eaglehawk Bowling Club (Vic) – St. Arnuad Bowling Club (Vic) 1886 – Auburn Bowling Club (Vic) – Castlemaine Bowling Club (Vic) – Essendon Bowling Club (Vic) 1887 – Balmain Bowling Club Limited (NSW) 1888 – Armadale Bowling Club (Vic) – City of Prahran Bowling Club (Vic) – Collingwood Bowling Club (Vic) – Lockhart Bowling Club (NSW) – North Sydney Bowling Club (NSW) – (formerly St.Leonards Bowling Club) 1889 – Ashfield Bowling Club (NSW) – Camberwell Central Bowling Club (Vic) -(formerly Camberwell Bowling Club (Vic) – Daylesford Bowling Club (Vic) – Lowlands Bowling Club (NSW) – Newcastle City Bowling Club (NSW) – North Tamworth Bowling Club (NSW) – Port Fairy Bowling Club (Vic) – Princess Park Bowling Club (Vic) 1890 – Ararat Bowling Club (Vic) – Waratah Bowling Club (NSW) – Woodend Bowling Club (Vic) 1891 – Healesville Bowling Club (Vic) – Maldon Bowling Club (Vic) – Moonee Ponds Bowling Club (Vic) – Portland Bowling Club (Vic) – Royal Hobart Bowling Club (Tas) 1892 – Ashfield Bowling Club (NSW) – Bendigo Bowling Club (Vic) – Flemington and Kensington Bowling Club (Vic) – Victoria Park Bowling Club (NSW) – (formerley Newtown Bowling Club) 1893 – Ballarat East Bowling Club (Vic) – Hamilton Bowling Club (Vic) – Macksville Country Club (NSW) – Manly Bowling Club (NSW) – Shepparton Bowling Club (Vic) – Stawell Bowling Club (Vic) – Waverley Bowling Club (NSW) 1894 – M.C.C. Bowling Club (Vic) – Randwick Bowling Club (NSW) – Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club (NSW) – Rutherglan Bowling Club (Vic) – Seymour Bowling Club (Vic) – Waverton Bowling Club (NSW) 1895 – Bathurst City Bowling Club (NSW) – Camperdown Bowling Club (Vic) – Euroa Bowling Club (Vic) – Northhampton Bowling Club (WA) 1896 – Freemantle Bowling Club (WA) – Gnowangerup Bowling Club (WA) – Ballarat North Bowling Club (Vic) – Petersham Bowling Club (NSW) – Sale Bowling Club (Vic) 1897 – Benalla Bowling Club (Vic) – Hamilton Bowling Club (NSW) – Shark Bay Bowling Club (WA) – Warragul Bowling Club (Vic) – WPH Sports Bowling Club (NSW) 1898 – Armidale Ex-Services Memorial Bowling Club (NSW) – Gladstone Park Bowling Club (NSW) – Glen Innes Bowling Club (NSW) – Lilydale Bowling Club (Vic) – Manly Vale-Calabria Bowling, Sports & Social Club (NSW) – Neutral Bay Bowling Club (NSW) – Northern District Bowling Association (NSW) – Western Bowling Association formed 1899 – Albany Bowling Club (WA) – Albert Park VRI Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Colac Bowling Club (Vic) – Elsternwick Bowling Club (Vic) – New Lambton Bowling Club (NSW) – Orange City Bowling Club (NSW) – Rainsford Ladies Bowls Club (Vic) – Woonona Bowling Club (NSW) 1900 – Albany Ladies Bowling Club (WA) – Canterbury Bowling Club (Vic) – Chatswood BowlingClub (N.S.W. – Footscray City Bowling Club (Vic) – Orange Ex-Services Country Club (NSW) – St.George Bowling Club (N.S.W.) 1901 – Tasmanian Bowling Association and various regional Association formed – (unified State body of Tasmanian clubs formed in 1933) – Bairnsdale Bowling Club (Vic) – Ballina Cherry Street Sports Bowling Club (NSW) – Chester Hill RSL Bowling Club (NSW) – Hunters Hill Bowling Club (N.S.W.) – Wickham Bowling Club (N.S.W.) 1902 – South Australian Bowling Association formed – Avoca Beach Bowling Club (NSW) – Huskisson Bowling Club (NSW) – Majellan Bowling Club Ltd (NSW) – Mentone Bowling Club (Vic) – Mosman Bowling Club (N.S.W.) 1903 – Queensland Bowling Association formed – Box Hill Bowling Club (Vic) – Carnamah Bowling Club (WA) – Maitland Park Bowling Club (Vic) – Middle Park Bowling Club (Vic) – Moulamein Bowling Club (NSW) – Moss Vale Bowling Club (NSW) - Reasd more – Northcote Bowling Club (Vic) – Wangaratta Bowling Club (Vic) 1904 – Inglewood Bowling Club (WA) – Beechworth Bowling Club (Vic) – Burwod Bowling Club (NSW) – Byford Bowling Club (WA) – Concord Bowling Club (NSW) – Corowa Bowling Club (Vic) – Dubbo City Bowling Club (NSW) – Dubbo Railway Bowling Club (NSW) – Heathcote Bowling Club (Vic) – Inglewood Bowling Club (WA) – Tatura BowlingbClub (Vic) – Warringah Bowling Club (NSW) 1905 – Albury Bowling Club (NSW) – Brighton Beach Bowling Club (Vic) – Brighton Beach Ladies Bowling Club formerley Brighton Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Buckingham Bowling Club (Tas) – Corrimal Bowling Club (NSW) – Cowra Bowling Club (NSW) – Hawthorn Bowling Club (Vic) – (formerly City of Hawthorn Bowling Club Vic) – Marrickville Bowling Club (NSW) – Mathoura and District Servicemens Bowling Club (NSW) – Middle Park Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Murchison Bowling Club (Vic) – Nathalia Bowling Club (Vic) – Sandringham Bowling Club (Vic) – South Bendigo Bowling Club (Vic) – (First named Quarry Hill in 1905 name changed in 1906) – Water Board Bowling Club (NSW) – Wellington Bowling Club (NSW) 1906 – Alexandra Bowling Club(Vic) – Auburn Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Belmont Bowling Club(Vic) – Eaton Bowling Club (WA) – Lilydale Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Kalgoorlie Bowling Club (WA) – Kalgoorlie Ladies Bowling Club- (WA) – Northcote Bowling Club (Vic) – Northam Ladies Bowling Club (WA) – Oakleigh Bowling Club (Vic) 1907 – First Women's Bowls Association Formed (Vic) – Camperdown Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Caulfield Bowling Club (Vic) – Cheltenham Bowling Club (Vic) – Chilton Bowling Club (Vic) – Devonport Bowling Club (Tas) – Glenferrie Hill Bowling Club (Vic) – Horsham City Bowling Club (Vic) – Leongatha Bowling Club (Vic) – Lismore Heights Bowling Club (NSW) – Moreland Bowling Club (Vic) – Mundaring Bowling Club (WA) – Rochester Bowling Club (Vic) – Sandy Bay Bowling Club (Tas) – Victoria (Ballarat) Bowling Club (Vic) – Warrawee Bowling Club (NSW) – Warringah Bowling Club (NSW) 1908 – Bargo Bowling Club (NSW) – Burnie Bowling Club (Tas) – Deniliquin Bowling Club (NSW) – Goulburn Bowling Club (NSW) – Kyogle Bowling Club (NSW) – Lismore City Bowling Club (NSW) – Mundaring Bowling Club (WA) – Sunshine Bowling Club (Vic) – Thornbury Bowling Club (Vic) – Tingha Sport and Recreation Bowling Club (NSW) – Wallsend Bowling Club (NSW) – Wangi Bowling Club (NSW) – Wollongong Bolwling Club (NSW) – Wyalkatchem Bowling Club (WA) – York Bowling Club (WA) 1909 – Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club (Vic) – Donald Bowling Club (Vic) – East Camberwell Bowling Club (Vic) – Grafton City Bowling Club (NSW) – Invermay Bowling Club (Tas) – Moora Bowling Club (WA) – Numurkah Bowling Club (Vic) – Preston Bowling Club (Vic) – Ryde Bowling Club (NSW) – Sale Ladies Bowling Club (Vic) – Traralgon Bowling Club (Vic) 1910 – Aberfeldie Bowling Club (Vic) – Ballina Bowling Club (NSW) – Bangalow Bowling Club (NSW) – Brymay Bowling Club (Vic) – Doubleview Bowling Club (WA) –