Burnley Campus Historical Collection

The Seeds of Burnley: A Growing Community

The Seeds of Burnley: A Growing Community offers an exploration of Burnley’s past student cohorts to highlight how the campus is an important fixture in the local Victorian community. The exhibition begins with student-led movements of community building through school councils and international exchange programs before exploring how staff and alumni have supported the diverse range of students that enter Burnley’s gates. The photographs and documents chosen for this exhibition illustrate the kind and supportive community that Burnley has cultivated over its long history. proving that the campus is more than just a university.

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Credits

The University of Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which we work, learn and live: the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples. The Seeds of Burnley; A Growing Community exhibition was created by Ngoc Boi Tran, Rhiann Thomas, and archivist Jane Wilson as part of the Collections Project Program in collaboration with dedicated Burnley Campus staff and former students: Special thanks to Sandra Pullman and John Rayner