Forster to the University of Sydney for the establishment of a University College. This property comprised the old homestead, 'Booloominbah', with several other buildings and 74 hectares of land. Since the original gift, other benefactors have presented properties to the university, whose Armidale site now comprises some 260 hectares.
Booloominbah and the vice-chancellor's residence Trevenna were designed by architect John Horbury Hunt.
The Newling campus of the university includes the Newling Centre, home to the New England Conservatorium of Music, and other buildings associated with the former Armidale College of Advanced Education.
The university possesses rural properties close to the campus, providing facilities for teaching and research. In addition, there are the 'Tullimba' rural research property at Kingstown and the Douglas McMaster Rural Research Station at Warialda.
The University of New England has one of the most extensive residential college systems in Australia. Around half of UNE's on campus …
