La Trobe University, Public university in Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia.
La Trobe University is a public higher education institution in Bundoora, north of central Melbourne, with a large main campus and several smaller sites across Victoria. The grounds include lecture halls, laboratory buildings, libraries and dormitories connected by walkways and roads through parklike open areas.
The university opened in March 1967 with roughly 550 students as the third higher education institution in Victoria. It took its name from Charles La Trobe, the first Lieutenant Governor of the former colony of Victoria.
The campus served as a filming location for parts of the 1991 Australian film Death in Brunswick. Several works of contemporary art stand outdoors across the grounds, including sculptures and installations by local artists.
Visitors can walk the public footpaths and green areas freely, while buildings are usually accessible only to enrolled students and staff. Guest parking is available, and several bus routes stop at campus entrances along Plenty Road.
The grounds contain a wildlife reserve where native animals like wallabies and birds can be spotted in natural habitat. Inside the main library stands a rare copy of the 1899 Diarmuid and Grania edition designed by William Butler Yeats.
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