University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ) has its main campus in Brisbane, Queensland, specifically in the suburb of St Lucia. It is the longest-established university in the state. UQ is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group and is also a member of the international Universitas 21 organisation.

Campus and setting

St Lucia campus.

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Situated on a peninsula of the Brisbane River and reachable by CityCat ferry and is seven kilometres from Brisbane's city centre. It is dominated by the Great Court - a large open area surrounded by Art Deco-style sandstone buildings with distinctive gargoyles and includes the heritage-listed Great Court Cloister.

Related Topics:
Brisbane River - CityCat - Art Deco - Gargoyle

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The large campus also includes sporting fields, gardens, duckponds, and cycling tracks. The athletics centre features 21 floodlit tennis courts and Olympic-standard swimming pool, a three-level gymnasium and a multi-purpose indoor centre. The UQ Library is Queensland's largest library with 23 branches and more than 1100 computers, two million research volumes, 13,300 journals and 18,000 electronic journals.

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Ipswich campus.

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The Ipswich campus, opened in 1999, after State and Federal government backing is the newest campus, made up of nearly 20 buildings and more than 4000 students on nearly 25ha. Courses offered include: arts, buisness and social sciences as well as Interaction_design.

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It is located near central Ipswich, Queensland, just south of the CBD. Nearby landmarks include Limestone Park, The Workshops Railway Museum and the RAAF Base Amberley. The actual site sourrounds the Ipswich Showgrounds and is in turn, sided by a golf course.

Related Topics:
Ipswich, Queensland - RAAF Base Amberley

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The site dates back to 1878 with the opening of the Ipswich branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Operations continued untill 1910 it became the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. In 1938 it was renamed the Ipswich Mental Hospital and in 1964 it was renamed again as the Ipswich Special Hospital. It was finally named the Challinor Centre in 1968 in honour of Dr. Henry Challinor, the ships surgeon on the Fortitude. From 1968 to 1997 the Challinor Centre served as a training centre for the intellectually disabled. In late 1997 the Challinor Centre began its final stage of evolution as the new UQ Ipswich campus.

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This history is reflected today with 17 heritage listed buildings that have been refurbished into work spaces, computer laboritories and public spaces. Work is still underway refurbishing more buildings.

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