New England history: Armidale's university family grows

By Jim Belshaw
Updated October 9 2018 - 4:50pm, first published 9:23am

In 1938, Armidale was classified as a city because of its bishoprics, it was already a recognised educational centre and the prospective capital of a new northern state – but its population was only 7000.

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