The match regarded as the first organised game of ice hockey in Australia, took place at the Melbourne Glaciarium owned by Henry Newman Reid, on 17 Jul 1906. [1] The Victorian Ice Hockey administration formed in 1908, and with it, official Australian ice hockey. The IIHF, the European governing body, also formed that year. Australia joined some time later.

INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY MATCH AT THE GLACIARIUM — AMERICA v. AUSTRALIA
America — U.S.S Baltimore Team — F. G. Randell (captain), R. Stirling, T. H. Miller, J. Benditti, D. F. Kelly, J. T. Connolly
Australia — H. J. Blatchley (captain), Dunbar Poole, C. Kelly, J. S. Thonemann, G. Langridge, Salmon
The first hockey match — Australia v. America — played on ice in this city, which took place last Tuesday night at the Glaciarium may be marked a complete success, and as the teams had been practising some time, was a good exhibition of the game, and most picturesque. The Australians wore full white suits, the Baltimore boys white shirts and grey trousers. Technically, the Australians were not up to the Americans, but put up a very good game, the result of which was a draw, each team scoring a goal. The sight of the players swiftly gliding and dodging about the ice was very pretty and kaleidoscopic in its changes. Fireman T. H. Miller, of Baltimore, played a magnificent game — in fact, he was the centre of the picture during the whole period of the game — just over thirty minutes.

 Note: [1] Published on p. 88 of the weekly Melbourne Punch, of Thursday, 19 Jul 1906; received and date-stamped at the Pubic Library of Victoria on 21 July 1906. IHA wrongly cite the year as 1907 ("History of the Goodall Cup") and Sid Tange as 12 Jul 1906 (IHNSW), the Thursday prior to the publication. IHA and IHNSW histories both contain numerous other errors including the score, initials and spelling of most players' names.