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.
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
Newspaper Articles
- 'The Roseworthy Experimental Farm', Burra Record (1882), 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35948134. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474188. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 March 2000, Last modified: 23 March 2010
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