The Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists was formed in late 1979 with Dr Laila Haglund as interim Chair, and in March 1980, it had its first AGM at Sydney University where its committees were elected and a Constitution drafted. The first Executive Committee consisted of the following: Marjorie Sullivan, Val Attenbrow, Mary Dallas, Len Cubis, Eleanor Crosby, Elizabeth Williams, Jenny van Proctor, Richard Morrison, Mike McIntyre, Annie Bickford, Margrit Koettig, Tigger Wise and Lesley Maynard. The Association was centrally based in New South Wales, but a Victorian Chapter was formed from the beginning. The Association also became Incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory in 1981 and then became known as AACAI. State Chapters formed in Western Australia in the late 1980s, and in Queensland and South Australia in the early to mid 1990s.