UQ Gatton Campus

Places of Interest

Central Walkway

This walkway is also known as the Avenue of Palms. Before 1969, it was possible to turn off the Warrego Highway and drive straight through...

Centre for Advanced Animal Science

The Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS) is a joint project between the Department of Employment, Economic Development and In...

Dining Hall

  No socks? No food!! What is the world coming to? Students these days have the nerve to eat without wearing a tie! And horror of horrors, no socks!! The new Dining Hall was the first major b...

Environmental Park

This area of the University of Queensland's Gatton Campus is being developed to:

Farm Square

The first part of Farm Square to be built was the western wing in 1899. The stables were open on both sides with a tramline running up the middle....

Flagpole

Now, what week is it again? A student who attended the Campus during the 1960s tells the story of a very unusual flag which was hoisted up the fla...

Foundation Building

The Spirit has a face It’s August 22, 1896. A single stump is set in a paddock, and history is born. Today, th...

Hinwood's Mural

The significance of the Queensland Agricultural College to the development of agriculture in Queensland wi...

Homestead

 The Principal's Residence The Foundation Buildings little sister, the Principals Residence was born in 1897. Built specifically to...

Lake Galletly

This lake was created in 1980 specifically as a habitat and haven for waterbirds. It is named after Jim Galletly, a former student in the 1940...

Morrison Hall

Pranks, patients and pugilism For many ‘old timers’ this building will always be the Old Shelton Dormitory. From 1936, s...

Taurudicus

Taurudicus is the name of the bull that has been standing out the front of the Animal Industries building at the head of the Central Walkway since 1...

Tom Graham Cricket Oval & Grandstand

Like the Memorial Swimming Pool and Lake Galletly, this cricket oval was built by College students. It is named after Tom Graham who was a stud...

War Memorial Swimming Pool

Funded by the College Welfare Fund, which was initiated by the staff in 1944, the hole for the pool was dug by stude...

Water Tower

The Water Tower was built in 1928-29 in response to a succession of droughts and the need for a reliable water supply. A weir was built on Lockyer...

Wind Tunnel

The wind tunnel is just one of a handful in the world which can handle active ingredient pesticides and the o...

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