The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia's oldest tertiary education institutions. Most were founded in the colonial era, the exceptions being the University of
Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide
Old Quad, University of Melbourne
Great Court, University of Queensland
Domain House, University of Tasmania
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state of Victoria. Its ma
Sandstone universities
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The original University of Melbourne building, 1857, Victoria Illustrated collection, State Library Victoria.
University of Melbourne Botany School in 1958.
The view of the Melbourne Law School, Business and Economics, The Spot and Alan Gilbert Building.