Foundation Day Gallery

Bathurst radio station

Foundation Day celebrates the day in 1989 two NSW educational institutions came together to become Charles Sturt University.

On 19 July 1989 the Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education (based in Albury and Wagga Wagga) amalgamated with the Mitchell College of Advanced Education (based in Bathurst).

Charles Sturt University now has campuses and study centres spread from Brisbane to Melbourne, with students across the entire world, but it began with three foundation campuses in regional NSW in 1989.

More information about the beginnings of CSU can be found on our blog On Record.

Bathurst students participating in an emergency simulation inside a railway carriage
Open Day, Albury
Ron Potter Winery Centre, Wagga
Bathurst Environmental Science students in the lab
Creating White Australia Dreamtime Conference, Albury
Students listening to a band on the deck of the Mitchell Student Union
Albury students relaxing with a game of social volleyball
Bathurst students participating in a local hockey competition
University staff preparing external studies packages
Bathurst radio station
Albury Graduates
Agriculture Campus, Wagga
Speech Therapy at Albury
Bathurst student accommodation
Thurgoona Campus Land Purchase
Albury Staff
Professor Bruce Pennay in front of 'Mudge', 618 Olive Street, Albury
Nick Kleine, Kristen Habermann and Daniel De Graaf at a wine orientation seminar in Wagga
'Death before Dishes' - Theatre Media students at the Tooheys 1000 Festival, Bathurst
Cast of 'Barnum' by Rivcoll Drama
Graphic Design student Rodney Crockett working on an image at Wagga Campus
Bathurst television media students
Brian Lord, recipient of the inaugural Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.
Boorooma Campus
Heath House, a residential block, Bathurst
Orientation Week, Bathurst
Two Portuguese students at a Wine Science Residential School, Wagga
Bathurst staff utilising videoconference facilities
A student at the Wagga campus takes blood samples from a volunteer
Students socialising at the Ag Tavern in Wagga
CRC Post-Graduate Students at Bathurst
Wagga campus staff
Computing students, Wagga
Staff in computer room, Wagga
Vice Chancellor Ian Goulter with students at Bathurst launch of my.csu
Thurgoona Campus
Foundation Day Gallery