History Matters: College’s fight to stay open

By Jim Belshaw
Updated March 12 2018 - 2:20pm, first published March 8 2018 - 2:34pm
Booloominbah, army convalescent hospital: In 1942, the army's desire to use the mansion in the same way could have closed the New England University College for good.
Booloominbah, army convalescent hospital: In 1942, the army's desire to use the mansion in the same way could have closed the New England University College for good.

Those who had fought so hard to establish the New England University College had always seen it as a first step towards the creation of a full university for the north. This view would be shared by the newly formed Advisory Council and staff.

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