Corporate Body

Roseworthy Agricultural College (1883 - 1991)

The University of Adelaide

From
1883
Roseworthy, South Australia, Australia
To
1991
Functions
Education and Agricultural industry
Location
Roseworthy, South Australia

Summary

Roseworthy Agricultural College was established in 1883, the first agricultural college in Australia. In 1991 the College merged with the University of Adelaide and became the University's Roseworthy Campus, part of the Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.

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 1883 - 1991 Roseworthy Agricultural College
       1991 - Roseworthy Campus

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Published resources

Books

  • Bishop, Geoffrey C., Australian Winemaking, the Roseworthy Influence: the contribution of Alan R. Hickinbotham and Roseworthy Agricultural College to winemaking in Australia [1879-1970] (Hawthorndene: Investigation Press, 1980), 344 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Daniels, Jeff ed., A century of service: Roseworthy Agricultural College (Roseworthy, S.A.: Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1983), 234 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Emery, Margaret, 'Roseworthy Agricultural College Library: History and Development', Australasian College Libraries, 2 (3) (1984), 114-116. Details
  • Williams, B. D., 'One Hundred Years of Chemistry at Roseworthy Agricultural College', Chemistry in Australia, 51 (1984), 306-307. Details
  • Williams, D. B., 'Viticulture at Roseworthy', Australian Grapegrower, 160 (1977), 24. Details
  • Withers, Graham, 'Roseworthy Celebrates 100 years', South Australian Egg Bulletin (1983), 8-9. Details

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Resources

See also

Ailie Smith

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