The Adelaide University Boat Club was founded in 1881 and is one of South Australia's premier rowing clubs. It is a member club of Rowing SA (South Australian Rowing Association) and operates from the Torrens River in the Adelaide city centre, and from West Lakes in the suburb of West Lakes. The city boathouse was donated by Robert Barr Smith in 1909. The West Lakes Boathouse is shared with the other South Australian rowing clubs and is administered by Rowing SA.