The Newnham campus of the Australian Maritime College is a heritage-listed university campus at 100 Newnham Drive, Newnham, Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly a prominent pastoral estate known as Newnham Estate. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
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The Australian Maritime College is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania, established by the Maritime College Act 1978. Tertiary education is provided and organised by the University of Tasmania as the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania. The college's educational curriculum is governed by the independent AMC Board. The AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research. It has two campuses located within 50 kilometres of each other in Northern Tasmania, each with different facilities and residence. The AMC's two national centres are the National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics and the National Centre for Ports and Shipping. AMC also has a commercial arm, AMC Search Ltd, that provides maritime related training and consultancy for a wide range of international and Australian organisations and individuals including the Federal Government Pacific Patrol Boat Program.
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Kerslake Hall is a residential college for full-time students of the University of Tasmania and Australian Maritime College. It is situated on the university's Newnham campus, Launceston, Australia. The residence is named after Irene Kerslake MA, a former lecturer at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education and women's rights campaigner.
The residence offers 107 self-catered rooms.
Kerslake Hall is open to members of the public during university holidays, such as tourists and conference groups.
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Launceston Church Grammar School is an Anglican co-educational private school in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia for Early Learning through to Grade 12.
Although founded in 1846, the present school was formed in 1982 from the amalgamation of the boys' Launceston Grammar School and girls' Broadland House Church of England Girls' Grammar School. The school celebrated its 175th birthday on the 15th of June 2021 and retains its longevity, being the longest continuously running independent school in Australia and Tasmania, and being the oldest form of private secondary education in Tasmania. The school is also the second-oldest form of education in Tasmania, after Christ College, Tasmania, the oldest form of education in Australia, now used as a residential college of the University of Tasmania.
Launceston Grammar is affiliated with Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia, the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, and the Sports Association of Tasmanian Independent Schools.
The school competes mainly with Scotch Oakburn College and St Patrick's College, Launceston for student numbers, the three being the only large-scale private schools in Launceston.
The school is widely regarded as one of Australia's most prestigious schools: from 2001 to 2004 The Australian listed Launceston Church Grammar School among the top ten schools in the country, and in 2010 The Age reported that Launceston Grammar ranked equal tenth among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour.
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Newnham is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 7 kilometres north of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 6453 for the state suburb of Newnham.
It is a suburb of Launceston. Newnham is located on the East Tamar Highway, on the eastern side of the Tamar River.
The University of Tasmania, Australian Maritime College and TasTAFE have a campus in Newnham. Mowbray Indoor Sport 'n' Skate is also located in this area.
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Mayfield is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 7 kilometres north of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 1454 for the state suburb of Mayfield.
It is a state suburb in Tasmania. It is located north of Launceston.
7% of Mayfield residents are Indigenous peoples, and 20% are foreign born. Local employment is primarily in service industries, such as restaurants and groceries.
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