The University of Ballarat, Australia was a dual-sector university with multiple campuses in Victoria, Australia, including its main Ballarat campus, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide that were authorized by the university to provide diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The university offered traditional programs, including business, information technology, building and construction, engineering, mining, education, social sciences, nursing, hospitality, and art.
Sir Redmond Barry, the first president of the School of Mines, a colonial judge in Victoria, and the inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
School of Mines, Ballarat
University of Ballarat campus
Sandy Blythe (1962 – 2005) in action during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Sydney
Sir Redmond Barry,, was a colonial judge in Victoria, Australia of Anglo-Irish origins. Barry was the inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, serving from 1853 until his death in 1880. He is arguably best known for having sentenced Ned Kelly to death.
Redmond Barry
Sir Redmond Barry
The Redmond Barry Reading Room in the State Library of Victoria
Barry's grave, with plaque acknowledging Louisa Barrow