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University Senate
The University Senate is the governing council of the New England National University.
- Powers & Functions
- Members
- Senate Building
Powers & Functions
Members
The current University Senate comprises of the Chancellor and seven other members:
- Chancellor: HRH The Princess Consort
- Vice-Chancellor: Professor Malcolm Rowe
- Professor Alan Hurst
- Professor Cathy Sharpe
- Dr John Mauer
- Professor Phillip Simmons
- The Hon. Scott Rogers
- Professor Harry Nicholson-Clark
- Liz Smith
Senate Building
The Senate building, Booloominbah, was designed for Frederick Robert White in about 1882 by John Horbury Hunt and built by local building contractors William Seabrook and John Brown[1] in 1888. The White family occupied the house until 1933. The property was granted by White's son-in-law Thomas Richmond Foster to the University of Sydney and became the New England University College of the University of Sydney in 1938 and then the New England National University in 1954. The building now houses the offices of the University's senior management, including the Vice-Chancellor's opulent office.
The building has several stained glass windows including the Gordon Window above the main staircase, installed about 1901, which commemorates the life and death of General Gordon of Khartoum[2] who was killed in 1885. Boolominbah reflects the Gothic revivalist influences of the 'Queen Anne' style that emerged in England and the United States in the last half of the 19th century. Recent refurbishment has restored much of the original decoration.
