The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first proposed in 1840 in Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin's Legislative Council, was modelled on the Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and was founded in 1846, making it the oldest tertiary institution in the country. The university is a sandstone university, a member of the international Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.
Andrew Inglis Clark a major contributor to the Constitution of Australia, served as Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1901 to 1903
The university's first site at Queens Domain. The university moved to its Sandy Bay campus in the early 1960s
The Greenhill Observatory joined the universities other radio astronomy antennas including the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory (pictured) in Cambridge, Tasmania
The MS1 Building of the Medical Sciences Precinct
Christ College (University of Tasmania)
Christ College is the oldest tertiary institution in Australia and is a residential college of the University of Tasmania.
Seal of Christ College
Christ College 1846–1856, Bishopsbourne