Newcastle is located at 32.56 South 151.46 East on the eastern coast of Australia at the tip of the Hunter River. What began as a penal colony soon became a leading shipping and commercial port by 1860. Industrialisation increased after iron and steel mills were built in 1915. Newcastle is now the sixth most populated city in Australia and is a very successful commercial centre.
The Newcastle study is centred at the Newcastle university, the university boasts of courses in engineering, mathematic and business administration the graduates of which are highly placed within 24 hours of passing out of the university. The University of Newcastle is a public university located in the suburb of Callaghan, New South Wales and was started in 1965. Education in Newcastle is different from the traditional Australian universities in the sense that there is no racial discrimination here as it was founded as a part of the newer generation of universities.
The New Castle courses include:
- Business and Law;
- Education and Arts;
- Engineering and Built Environment;
- Health;
- Science.
- Information Technology.
The student life at the university of Newcastle is fun and filled with a lot of activities on and off the campus. The Forum Sports and Acquatic Centre lies within Callaghan campus grounds and has state-of-the-art sporting facilities including and Olympic-sized swimming pool and one of the highest climbing walls in the country. It is the site of training for many international and national teams including the Sydney Swans AFL team and the Newcastle Knights Rugby League team.
Education in New castle is thus a combination of studies and sports along with many Arts and cultural programmes. There are three main campuses, located at Callaghan, Ourimbah and Port Macquarie the largets campus at Callaghan is built on 140 hectars of bushland and is one of th most beautiful campuses in Australia.