Canberra University College

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Canberra University College was a tertiary education institution established in Canberra by the Australian government and the University of Melbourne in 1930. The College operated until 1960 when it was incorporated into the Australian National University as the School of General Studies.

Over the course of it's operation the college had two directors, Sir Robert Garran from 1930 to 1953 and Bertram Thomas Dickson from 1954 to 1960. The college was staffed by many notable academics including economist Heinz Wolfgang Arndt, philosopher Kurt Baier, historian Manning Clark and botanist Lindsay Pryor.

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