University of Sydney
Founded 1850. Australia's first university, with a Gothic Revival sandstone quadrangle.
Overview
Established by an act of the New South Wales parliament in 1850, Sydney is the oldest university in Australia. Its Gothic Revival Quadrangle, designed by Edmund Blacket, is one of the defining images of Australian higher education. From 1881 it admitted women on equal terms with men, among the first universities in the world to do so. Alumni include prime ministers Edmund Barton, Gough Whitlam, John Howard, Malcolm Turnbull and Anthony Albanese, as well as many High Court justices. It is a founding member of the Group of Eight research-intensive universities.
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