 Business NSW has undergone a number of name changes and mergers with other business organisations since its founding in 1826 as the Sydney Chamber of Commerce.The Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales was then established with the inaugural meeting in August 1885 at Sydney's Town Hall in which the rules and regulations were adopted and Archibald Forsyth was elected as its first president.The Chamber got off to an initial slow start with its primary supporters focusing most of their efforts on tariff policy lobbying, especially in setting up a "Protection Union", in direct opposition to the "Free Traders" led by Sir Henry Parkes.